Catocala frederici Grote

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Catocala frederici Grote, 1872: 14 .

Type material. Catocala frederici: lectotype ♀ [ZMHU, examined], designated by Gall and Hawks (2002: 246). Type locality: Texas, [USA].

Diagnosis. The ventral surface of the forewing and both surfaces of the hindwing are similar in both C. frederici and C. caesia, although the patterning is less distinct in C. frederici compared to C. caesia . However, the even, generally pale-gray appearance of the forewing upperside in C. frederici is distinctive. The black hindwing bands tend to be narrower in C. frederici than in C. caesia .

Distribution and biology. Southwestern USA, from east-central Kansas and western Texas, westward to southeastern Arizona. County records for USA are as follows. ARIZONA: Cochise; KANSAS: Douglas, Riley; NEW MEXICO: Bernalillo, Dona Ana, Eddy, Lincoln, Otero, Sandoval, San Miguel; COLORADO: Baca; OKLAHO- MA: Cimarron, Kiowa; TEXAS: Blanco, Bosque, Brewster, Burnet, Coke, Coleman, Culberson, Dallas, Dickens, El Paso, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Kerr, Kimble, Lubbock, Randall, Uvalde, Vale Verde.

Biological notes. Adults have been collected from May to September. Several species of oaks are present at most of the known collecting localities. C. frederici tends to inhabit hotter and drier desert mountain ranges than do C. delilah, C. desdemona and C. caesia .