Euxoa tephra, Kohler, 1945

Blas, German San, Rodríguez-Ramírez, Joanna Valeria, Hausmann, Axel, Buchsbaum, Ulf & Navarro, Fernando, 2025, Illustrated catalogue of the type specimens of Noctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea) described by Pablo E. Köhler, Zootaxa 5593 (1), pp. 1-87 : 79

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scientific name	Euxoa tephra
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tephra View in CoL ( Euxoa ), 1945: 84. [ Noctuinae . Noctuini ] ( Fig. 281 View FIGURES 274–289 )

Current status. Pseudoleucania tephra [ Poole 1989, following synonymization of Scania Olivares with Pseudoleucania Staudinger by Lafontaine 2004]

Type status (description). Cotypes in Köhler’s, Breyer’s collections, and Mus. Arg. Cienc. Nat.

Type locality and collectors. [ Argentina]— San Luis: ( Daguerre ) .

Type specimens. MACN: Syntype ♀. S. Luis, Dagu . MACN _ En 41936 . ZSM: Syntype ♀. Argentina, Prov. San Luis, San Luis, Daguerre leg. Old label: S. Luis, Dagu. With “Hololectotipus” label .

Figures. Köhler, 1959b: fig. 6 male genitalia, fig. 3 (page 113) male genitalia details. Köhler, 1967: figs 186 male, 187 female.

Remarks. Although Köhler did not specify the sex of the cotypes, he described only the female. Köhler (1959b: 113) designated as “hololectotipus” one of those females cited as cotypes for the species, but he did not specify the data of the selected specimen. Probabily this female corresponds to the one found in the ZSM which should be considered as Lectotype designated by Köhler (1959b). Köhler (1959b: 113) also designated female paratypes located in the collections of Breyer, Köhler, Fleiss, Petrowsky, Llano and Orfila ; and male allotype and paratypes in the collections of Köhler, Fleiss, Petrowsky and Orfila, all subsequent invalid designations which should be considered non-type material (according to articles 72.1.1, 72.1.2 and 72.4.7 ICZN).

References

Kohler, P. E. (1959 b) Miscellanea noctuidarum II (Lep. Noct.). Revista de la Sociedad Entomologica Argentina, 21, 99-120.

Kohler, P. E. (1967) Index de los generos de las Noctuinae argentinas (Agrotinae sensu Hampson, Lep. Het.). Acta Zoologica Lilloana, 21, 253-342.

Lafontaine, J. D. (2004) Noctuoidea: Noctuidae (part), Noctuinae (part - Agrotini). In: Hodges, R. W. (Ed.), The moths of North America. Fascicle 27.1. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Washington, D. C., pp. 1-385.

Poole, R. W. (1989) Lepidopterorum Catalogus. New Series. Fascicle 118. Noctuidae. Parts 1 - 3. E. J. Brill / Flora & Fauna Publications, Leiden, New York, Kobenhavn and Koln, 1314 pp.

Figures

FIGURES 274–289. Dorsal view of type specimens with its respective labels. 274. ♂ syntype of Comodoria splendida Köhler, (1952) 1951 (ZSM). 275. ♂ syntype of Mystrocephala storniana Köhler, 1936 (MLP). 276. ♀ syntype of Euxoa subandina Köhler, 1945 (ZSM). 277. ♂ holotype of Eucoptocnemis sublimis Köhler, 1968 (ZSM). 278. ♀ allotype of Agrotis submontana Köhler, 1961 (IFML). 279. ♂ holotype of Cotarsina sulfurea Köhler, 1973 (IFML). 280. ♂ holotype of Paranicla tandilense Köhler, 1959 (ZSM). 281. ♀ syntype of Euxoa tephra Köhler, 1945 (ZSM). 282. ♂ holotype of Cloantha [sic] trafulensis Köhler, 1979 (IFML). 283. ♂ holotype of Crimona tricolor Köhler, 1979 (IFMl). 284. ♀ syntype of Metalopha tridens Köhler, (1952) 1951 (ZSM). 285. ♂ holotype of Sideridis tridens Köhler, 1947 (ZSM). 286. ♂ syntype of Velazconia difficilis trinubila Köhler, (1952) 1951 (ZSM). 287. ♀ syntype of Brachygalea tripunctata Köhler, (1952) 1951 (ZSM). 288. ♂ holotype of Eucoptocnemis tromensis Köhler, 1973 (IFML). 289. ♀ syntype of Eriopyga monilis tucumana Köhler, 1947 (ZSM). Scale bars= 10 mm. Photo credits: 274, 276–277, 284–287, 289 M. Pogue; 275 J. Ramírez; 280–281 H. Thony.