Catocala amatrix syn. nurus Walker Fig. 32 (lectotype) Catocala nurus Walker, [1858]: 1195 Catocala amatrix syn. nurus; Barnes and McDunnough 1918: 32 Catocala amatrix syn. nurus; McDunnough 1938: 117 Catocala amatrix syn. nurus; Franclemont and Todd 1983: 129 Type material. Catocala nurus: the original description states “a-c. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq.” A female type is at the BMNH, and is designated lectotype to clarify application of the name nurus. Th e lectotype bears the labels “ New York / Doubleday / 46-110”, “ New York / 46-110 [and on the reverse:] Catocala / nurus ♀ / Walker Type.” The name nurus Walker is a synonym of C. amatrix Hübner, [1813] and a homonym of Noctua nurus Hübner, 1822, which is itself a synonym of the Palearctic C. elocata (Esper, 1787). Type Locality: United States.

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Published as part of 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, pp. 37-83 in ZooKeys 39 (39) on page 65, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.39.425, http://zenodo.org/record/576632