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Catocala unijuga Walker 1858

  • 1. Yale University, New Haven ,,
  • 2. University of California, Riverside ,, United States of America

Description

Catocala unijuga Walker

Fig. 41 (lectotype)

Catocala unijuga Walker, [1858]: 1194

Catocala unijuga; Barnes and McDunnough 1918: 27

Catocala unijuga; McDunnough 1938: 116

Figures 4Ι–45. Type specimens of Catocala. lectotype, C. unijuga Walker, [1858] 42 lectotype, C. valeria H. Edwards, 1880 43 lectotype, C. verecunda Hulst, 1884 44 lectotype, C. violenta H. Edwards, 1880 45 lectotype, C. werneri Biederman, 1909.

Catocala unijuga; Franclemont and Todd 1983: 128

Type material. Catocala unijuga: the original description states “a. St. Martin’s Falls, Albany River, Hudson’s Bay. Presented by Dr. Barnston. b. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. c. Canada. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq.” A male type is at the BMNH, and is designated lectotype to clarify application of the name unijuga. The lectotype bears the labels “New York / Doubleday / 46-110.”, “New York / 46-110 [and on the reverse:] Catocala / unijuga / Type Walker.” Type Locality: [North America].

Notes

Published as part of Gall, Lawrence & Hawks, David, 2010, Systematics of moths in the genus Catocala (Lepidoptera, Erebidae) IV. Nomenclatorial stabilization of the Nearctic fauna, with a revised synonymic check list, pp. 37-83 in ZooKeys 39 (39) on pages 71-72, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.39.425, http://zenodo.org/record/576632

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Biodiversity

Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Catocala
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Lepidoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Walker
Species
unijuga
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Catocala unijuga Walker, 1858 sec. Gall & Hawks, 2010

References

  • Barnes W, McDunnough J (1918) Illustrations of the North American species of the genus Catocala. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 3: 1 - 47.
  • McDunnough JH (1938) Check List of the Lepidoptera of Canada and the United States of America. Part I. Macrolepidoptera. Memoirs of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 1: 1 - 275.
  • Hulst GD (1884) The genus Catocala. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 7: 14 - 56.
  • Biederman CR (1909) A new Catocala from Arizona. Entomological News 20: 76.
  • Franclemont JG, Todd EL (1983) Noctuidae. In: Hodges RW (Ed) Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico. University Press, Cambidge, 120 - 159.