Catocala desdemona

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Erebinae
Tribus: Catocalini
Genus: Catocala
Species: Catocala desdemona

Catocala desdemona H. Edwards, 1882

Type locality: USA, Arizona, Prescott.

Lectotype: USNM. male ♂.

Catocala ixion Druce, 1890, TL: Mexico, Guerrero, Xucumanatlan. HT: BMNH. male ♂.
Catocala delilah f. utahensis Cassino, 1918, TL: USA, Utah, Provo. HT: USNM. male ♂.
Catocala delilah utahensis f. swetti W. Barnes & F.H. Benjamin, 1927, TL: USA, Utah, Vineyard. HT: USNM. female ♀.
Catocala delilah desdemona f. umbra W. Barnes & F.H. Benjamin, 1927, TL; USA, Arizona, Hereford. HT: USNM. male ♂.

Hawks, D.C. 2010: Review of the Catocala delilah species complex (Lepidoptera, Erebidae). In: Schmidt, B.C.; Lafontaine, J.D. (eds) Contributions to the systematics of New World macro-moths II. ZooKeys, 39: 13–35. ISSN: 1313-2970 (online) ISSN: 1313-2989 (print) DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.39.439