Catocala californica, W. H. Edwards, 1864

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 : 51-52

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.39.425
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3788719
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038D2962-FF95-1B1E-5EE0-F996FC5DFE81
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Catocala californica
status	syn. n.

Treatment

Catocala californica syn. elizabeth Cassino , syn. n.

Catocala elizabeth Cassino, 1918a: 53

Catocala californica ssp. elizabeth ; McDunnough 1938: 116

Catocala californica ssp. elizabeth ; Franclemont and Todd 1983: 128

Type material. Catocala elizabeth : holotype ♀ [ USNM, examined]. Th e name elizabeth has been treated since McDunnough (1938) as a subspecies of C. californica Edwards, 1864 . However, the type of C. elizabeth falls within the normal range of geographic variation of C. californica . Type Locality: Truckee, Calif[ornia, USA].