Catocala junctura, Walker, 1858

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 : 52

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.39.425
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3788717
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038D2962-FF94-1B1E-5EE0-FE55FD65FCE7
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Catocala junctura
status	syn. n.

Treatment

Catocala junctura syn. elsa Beutenmüller , syn. n.

Catocala elsa Beutenmüller, 1918: 62

Catocala elsa ; McDunnough 1938: 116

Catocala elsa ; Franclemont and Todd 1983: 129

Type material. Catocala elsa : holotype ♀ [ USNM, examined]. Th e name elsa has been treated since McDunnough (1938) as a full species. However, the type of C. elsa is a typical specimen of the widespread and morphologically variable C. junctura Walker, [1858] . Type Locality: Prescott, Arizona, [ USA].