Euxoa elegans, 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 : 25

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5593.1.1

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scientific name

Euxoa elegans
status

 

elegans ( Euxoa ), 1945: 89. [ Noctuinae . Noctuini ] ( Fig. 75 View FIGURES 66–81 )

Current status. Agrotis elegans [ Poole 1989]

Type status (description). Holotype and allotype in Museo Arg. de Cienc. Nat .

Type locality and collectors. [ Argentina]— Tierra del Fuego .

Type specimens. MACN: Allotype ♀. Tierra del Fuego . MACN _ En 34604. With labels: “253” and “7146” . ZSM: Holotype ♂. Argentina, Tierra del Fuego . Old label: Tierra del Fuego . Genitalia slide #627.

Figures. Köhler, 1945: fig. 7a, male genitalia (slide #627).

Kohler, P. E. (1945) Los Noctuidae argentinos. Subfamilia Agrotinae. Acta Zoologica Lilloana, 3, 59-134.

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.

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FIGURES 66–81. Dorsal view of type specimens with its respective labels. 66. ♂ holotype of Eucoptocnemis cyclopea Köhler, 1979 (IFML). 67. ♂ holotype of Agrotis daguerrei Köhler, 1961 (IFML). 68. ♀ syntype of Mystrocephala denieri Köhler, 1936 (MLP). 69. ♂ syntype of Eriopyga descolei Köhler, 1947 (ZSM). 70. ♂ holotype of Bryolimnia [sic] dido Köhler, 1979 (IFML). 71. syntype of Empusada differens Köhler, (1952) 1951 (ZSM). 72. syntype of Velazconia difficilis Köhler, (1952) 1951 (ZSM). 73. ♂ syntype of Agrotis dispar Köhler, 1959 (IFML). 74. ♂ holotype of Paranicla dubitabilis Köhler, 1959 (ZSM). 75. ♂ holotype of Euxoa elegans Köhler, 1945 (ZSM). 76. ♂ syntype of Noctulizeria elegantula Köhler, 1945 (ZSM). 77. ♂ syntype of Meganephria eremita Köhler, (1952) 1951 (IFML). 78. ♂ holotype of Calophasia errata Köhler, 1979. 79. syntype of Brachygalea exacta Köhler, (1952) 1951 (ZSM). 80. ♂ syntype of Argyrana excellens Köhler, (1952) 1951 (ZSM). 81. ♀ holotype of Selambina falsa Köhler, 1979 (IFML). Scale bars= 10 mm. Photo credits: 68–69, 71–72, 75–76, 79–80 M. Pogue; 74 H. Thony; 78 E Constanza Perez.

MACN

Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia

ZSM

Bavarian State Collection of Zoology

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Noctuidae

Genus

Euxoa