Catocala meskei, Grote, 1873

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 : 65

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.39.425
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3788671
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038D2962-FF87-1B0C-5EE0-FAE3FC03FEF7
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Catocala meskei
status	syn. n.

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Catocala meskei syn. orion McDunnough , syn. n.

Catocala orion McDunnough, 1922: 288

Catocala meskei ssp. orion ; McDunnough 1938: 116

Catocala meskei ssp. orion ; Franclemont and Todd 1983: 129

Type material. Catocala orion : holotype ♁ [ CNC, examined]. McDunnough (1922: 288) considered that specimens of C. orion “approach closest to meskei Grt. , and may eventually prove to be a race of this species.” We have examined the type series at the CNC, and consider that C. orion falls within the normal range of geographic variation of C. meskei Grote, 1873 . Type Locality: Lethbridge, Al[ber]ta, [ Canada].