Paranicla simillina, Kohler, 1959

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 : 75-76

simillina ( Paranicla ), 1959b: 116. [ Noctuinae . Noctuini ] ( Fig. 270 )

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

Type status (description). Holotype, allotype, and paratypes in.Köhler’s collection, additional paratypes in Fleiss’, Schajovskoy’s, and Petrowsky’s collections.

Type locality and collectors. [ Argentina]— Neuquén: Isla Victoria (Havrilenko); San Martín de los Andes , 29.xi.1951 ( Schajovskoy ); Bariloche , ii.1951 ( Fleiss ); Pucará , 25.i. ( Petrowsky ). Slides #727, 740, 769(♀), and 806 .

Type specimens. ZSM: Holotype ♂. Argentina, Prov. Chubut, Esquel, P. Koheler leg. Old label: Chubut, Esquel, Leg. Köhler. Genitalia slide #740.

Figures. Köhler, 1967: fig. 179 male, fig. 181 female.

Figures

FIGURES 258–273. Dorsal view of type specimens with its respective labels. 258. ♂ syntype of Mendozania sanmartini Köhler, (1952) 1951 (ZSM). 259. ♂ holotype of Lasiestra santacrucensis Köhler, 1959 (ZSM). 260. ♂ syntype of Dasythorax santacrucis Köhler, (1952) 1951 (ZSM). 261. ♂ holotype of Paranicla satanica Köhler, 1959 (IFML). 262. ♂ holotype of Ochropleura scaenica Köhler, 1967 (IFML). 263. ♀ syntype of Boursinidia schachowskoyi Köhler, 1953 (ZSM). 264. ♂ holotype of Pseudoleucania schistacea Köhler, 1966 (IFML). 265. ♂ syntype of Euxoa schreiteri Köhler, 1945 (ZSM). 266. ♂ holotype of Chabuata sedosa Köhler, 1947 (ZSM). 267. ♂ holotype of Eucoptocnemis sedosa Köhler, 1979 (IFMl). 268. ♂ syntype of Lycophotia siambona Köhler, 1945 (ZSM). 269. ♂ syntype of Euxoa signata Köhler, 1945 (ZSM). 270. ♂ holotype of Paranicla simillina Köhler, 1959 (ZSM). 271. ♂ syntype of Parosmia simulans Köhler, (1952) 1951 (IFMl). 272. ♂ holotype of Pseudoleucania songoensis Köhler, 1968 (ZSM). 273. ♂ holotype of Scotia songoensis Köhler, 1968 (ZSM). Scale bars= 10 mm. Photo credits: 258–260, 263, 265, 268–269, 273 M. Pogue; 266, 270, 272 H. Thony.