Catocala briseis syn. minerva Cassino, syn. n.

Catocala minerva Cassino, 1917: 63

Catocala briseis syn. minerva; Barnes and McDunnough 1918: 26

Catocala briseis ssp. minerva; McDunnough 1938: 116

Catocala briseis ssp. minerva; Franclemont and Todd 1983: 129

Type material. Catocala minerva: holotype ♁ [USNM, examined]. Th e name minerva has been treated for many years as a subspecies of C. briseis Edwards, 1864, but C. minerva is a lighter color form of C. briseis that occurs regularly throughout much of the western geographic range of the species. Type Locality: Deer Creek, Provo Canyon, Utah, [USA].