Catocala hermia ssp. hermia, 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 : 73

Catocala hermia ssp. hermia syn. verecunda Hulst , syn. n.

Fig. 43 (lectotype)

Catocala verecunda Hulst, 1884: 45

Catocala verecunda ; Barnes and McDunnough 1918: 21

Catocala hermia ssp. verecunda ; McDunnough 1938: 116

Catocala hermia ssp. verecunda ; Franclemont and Todd 1983: 128

Type material. Catocala verecunda : the original description states “Habitat, Montana. Taken in numbers by H. K. Morrison.” Two female types are at the AMNH, and one is designated as lectotype to clarify application of the name verecunda . The lectotype bears the labels “ ♀ ”, “Mon.”, “Collection / GDHulst”, “ Catocala / verecunda / Type Hulst.” The name verecunda has been treated as a subspecies of C. hermia H. Edwards, 1880 but C. verecunda falls within the normal pattern of variation seen in nominate C. hermia . Type Locality: Montana, [ USA].