Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Catocala semirelicta Grote, 1874
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Catocala pura Hulst, 1880 (in Edwards)
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Catocala nevadensis Beutenmüller, 1907
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Catocala nevadensis var.
montana Beutenmüller, 1907
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Catocala pura var.
nigra Eastman, 1916 (
2)
Catocala atala Cassino, 1918
(7) Explanation of Names
Specific epithet as a comparison to Walker's moth which has "the ground color of the forewings ... largely white, or white bluish grey, so that the male resembles
C. relicta in this respect."
(1)Range
Nova Scotia south to Maine; west across Canada to British Columbia, and southward in the mountains.
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Lectotype male: Grimsby, Ontario (Mr.
Pettit).
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(9)Food
Larval hosts are balsam poplar (
Populus balsamifera, quaking aspen (
Populus tremuloides and willow (
Salix).
(10)See Also
Catocala hermia Hy. Edwards, 1880
Catocala meskei Grote, 1873
Catocala relicta Walker, [1858]
Print References
Barnes, Wm. & J.H. McDunnough, 1918. Illustrations of the North American species of the genus Catocala.
Memoirs of the AMNH 2(1): p.
27;
Pl.4, f.2;
Pl.14, f.9 (larva).
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Grote, A.R., 1874. On the Noctuidae of North America.
6th Annual Report of the Peabody Academy of Sciences for the Year 1873,
35.
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