Catocala semirelicta ssp. semirelicta, Gall, Lawrence & Hawks, David, 2010

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 : 66-68

Catocala semirelicta ssp. semirelicta syn. pura Hulst , syn. n.

Fig. 34 (lectotype)

Catocala pura Hulst, 1880: 96

Figures 33–40. Type specimens of Catocala . 33 lectotype, C. phoebe Hulst, 1884 and C. phoebe H. Edwards, 1885 34 lectotype, C. pura Hulst, 1880 35 lectotype, C. rosalinda H. Edwards, 1880 36 lectotype, C. sancta Hulst, 1884 37 lectotype, C. sheba Cassino, 1919 38 neotype, C. stretchii Behr, 1870 39 neotype, C. texanae French, 1902 40 lectotype, C. titania Dodge, 1900 .

Catocala pura ; Barnes and McDunnough 1918: 28

Catocala pura ; McDunnough 1938: 116

Catocala pura ; Franclemont and Todd 1983: 129

Type material. Catocala pura : the original description does not state the number of types. A male type is at the AMNH, and is designated lectotype to clarify application of the name pura . Th e lectotype bears the labels “♁ ”, “Col.”, “Collection / GDHulst”, “ Catocala

/ pura / Type Hulst.” Th e lectotype of C. pura is a typical specimen of the widespread and morphologically variable C. semirelicta Grote, 1874 .. Type Locality: Colorado, [ USA].