Catocala habilis, Grote, 1872

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, ZooKeys 39 (39), pp. 37-83 : 49

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.39.425
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3788731
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038D2962-FF97-1B1D-5EE0-FDE5FEB7FBC1
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Catocala habilis
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Catocala habilis syn. denussa Ehrman , syn. rev.

Catocala denussa Ehrman, 1893: 152

Catocala denussa ; Beutenmüller 1913: 97

Catocala denussa ; Barnes and McDunnough 1918: 9

Catocala palaeogama syn. denussa ; McDunnough 1938: 115

Catocala palaeogama syn. denussa ; Franclemont and Todd 1983: 128

Type material. Catocala denussa : the holotype male [ CMNH, examined] is a melanic aberrant of C. habilis Grote, 1872 as originally suggested by Ehrman and Beutenmüller (1913). The name was incorrectly placed as a synonym of C. palaeogama Guenée, 1852 in McDunnough (1938) . Type Locality: [Browns Hills, Pittsburgh], Allegeny County, Penn[sylvania, USA].