Athalia bolivari Dusmet, 1896

A junior subjective synonym of Athalia circularis circularis (Klug, 1815), synonymy by Benson (1962).

Types. Athalia Bolivari (sic!) Dusmet, 1896: 146. Syntype (s) ♂, “Coruña” Lectotype, ♂, hereby designated (MNCN _Ent 82342, MNCN Cat. Tipos Nº 2268, Fig. 08, see also http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.746925). Type locality: Spain: Coruña .

Discussion. Benson (1962: 365) synonymized A. bolivari with A. circularis . Fitton (1978: IV 5) listed the taxon as valid. Most likely the name was simply wrong formatted and should appear in this paper under circularis as a synonym. Aksoy et al. (1998) mentioned without further explanation larvae of A. bolivari on Capsella bursapastoris . The systematics of Athalia require further investigation. It is not unlikely that several species are currently confused under the name circularis . The type specimen is obviously a melanistic specimen. It is not quite clear if the type locality concerns the city itself, or the province A Coruña.