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Erebidae 930849 – 8858.1   Catocala pretiosa Lintner, 1876

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: pretiosa Lintner, 1876 (Catocala) ssp. a. pretiosa Lintner, 1876 (Catocala) ssp. b. texarkana Brower, 1976 (Catocala)  bridwelli Brower, 1976 (Catocala) (synonym of ssp. texarkana) Taxonomic Notes: Catocala pretiosa Lintner, 1876 is elevated from synonymy of 8858 Catocala crataegi to full species status in Schweitzer (1982), Journ. Lepid. Soc., 28: 5-21, and includes as a synonym [8859] Catocala texarkana Brower, 1976 in Gall & Hawks (2010), ZooKeys 39: 70.

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced. Gall, L. & D. Hawks, 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: 37-83. Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history) Species Page at Bill Oehlke's moth website - Catocala pretiosa Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Mass Moths

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