Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Catocala faustina Strecker, 1873
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Catocala faustina var.
zillah Strecker, 1877
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Catocala faustina var.
carlota Beutenmüller, 1897
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Catocala faustina var.
lydia Beutenmüller, 1907
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Catocala faustina form
rubra Cassino, 1918 (
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Phylogenetic sequence #930801
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet likely for
Faustina the Younger, Roman Empress and wife to her maternal cousin Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius.
(11)Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) included 101 species of the genus
Catocala in America north of Mexico, and listed three subspecies.
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C. f. fraustina Strecker, 1873
C. f. cleopatra Strecker, 1873
C. f. allusa Hulst, 1884
Powell & Opler (2009) reported 110 species in all of North America, and about 230 worldwide.
(12)Size
Forewing length 30-35 mm.
(12)Range
California to British Columbia and southeast to Colorado.
C. f. fraustina Strecker, 1873 (Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Colorado)
C. f. cleopatra Strecker, 1873 (coastal southern California)
C. f. allusa Hulst, 1884 (N. California to British Columbia)
Catocala f. cleopatra is the the most common red underwing in the coastal areas of southern California.
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Type locality: Arizona.
(8)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.
23;
Pl.5, f.16-20.
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Powell, J.A., and P.A. Opler, 2009.
Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, pl. 45, fig. 12; p. 262.
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Strecker, H. 1873. Lepidoptera, Rhopaloceres and Heteroceres, indigenous and exotic; with descriptions and colored illustrations (v.3).
Owen's Steam Book & Job Printing], p.
21;
Pl.3, f.8.
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