Review of the Catocala delilah species complex (Lepidoptera, Erebidae)

By

Hawks, David

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2010

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

39

Pages

13-35

Subjects

Arizona , California , Catocala , Erebidae , Lepidoptera , oaks , Quercus , southwestern USA

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.39.439

 

Abstract

The members of the Nearctic Catocala delilah species complex are reviewed. One new species (C. caesia) and four new subspecies are described, one subspecies is reinstated to specific rank (C. desdemona), and one species and three subspecies are placed into synonymy. A neotype is designated for C. calphurnia and a lectotype is designated for C. desdemona.