Euxoa irritans, 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 : 41-43

irritans ( Euxoa ), 1945: 84. [ Noctuinae . Noctuini ] ( Fig. 139 )

Current status. Feltia irritans [ Lafontaine 2004]

Type status (description). Cotypes in Köhler’s, Breyer’s collections, and Instituto Lillo (Tucumán) .

Type locality and collectors. [ Argentina]— Córdoba : Yacanto (Köhler) .

Type specimens. ZSM: Syntype ♂. Argentina, Prov. Tucumán, Tucumán, P. Koehler leg. Old label: Tucumán, Leg. Köhler. Genitalia slide #622 .

Figures. Köhler, 1945: fig. 6c male genitalia (slide #622). Köhler, 1967: fig. 59 male.

Remarks. Although we could not find specimens of the type series that coincide with the locality given in the description, the syntype specimen mentioned has a preparation of genitalia that matches with that mentioned in the description of the species. Therefore, we can be sure that Köhler (1945) had this specimen in his possession at the time of making the description, even though he did not cite the locality of that specific specimen.

At the IFML there are two other syntype specimens with the following specifications: ♀, Morenillo, Dpto. R. Frontera, III or IV.1935 [impossible to differentiate accurately]; ♂ Pedro Luro, 6.4, Gahan Leg., Genitalia #751. As the locality of these specimens is different from that mentioned in the description, we cannot be sure that they belong to the type series without a doubt, although it is very likely.

Figures

FIGURES 130–145. Dorsal view of type specimens with its respective labels. 130. ♀ syntype of Dasythorax incaica Köhler, (1952) 1951 (ZSM). 131. ♂ syntype of Euxoa incana Köhler, 1945 (ZSM). 132. ♀ holotype of Prothrinax incana Köhler, 1979 (IFML). 133. ♂ holotype of Brachylomia incerta Köhler, (1952) 1951 (ZSM). 134. ♂ holotype of Schachowskoya indecora Köhler, 1953 (ZSM). 135. ♀ holotype of Agrotis india Köhler, 1961 (IFML). 136. ♂ syntype of Metalepsis inflammata Köhler, 1945 (ZSM). 137. ♂ holotype of Altiplania inornata Köhler, 1979 (IFML). 138. ♂ syntype of Polia olivocincta intensa Köhler, 1947 (ZSM). 139. ♂ syntype of Euxoa irritans Köhler, 1945 (ZSM). 140. ♂ holotype of Eucoptocnemis jaujaensis Köhler, 1966 (IFML). 141. ♂ holotype of Paranicla koepkei Köhler, 1961 (ZSM). 142. ♂ syntype of Chabuata lacertosa Köhler, 1947 (ZSM). 143. ♂ holotype of Pareuxoina lacustris Köhler, 1961 (IFML). 144. ♂ holotype of Lithophane laurentii Köhler, 1961 (IFML). 145. ♂ holotype of Trachea laurentii Köhler, 1961 (IFML). Scale bars= 10 mm. Photo credits: 129–130, 132–133, 135, 137–138, 141 M. Pogue; 140 H. Thony.