Velazconia difficilis, Kohler, 1952

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 : 24

difficilis ( Velazconia ), (1952) 1951: 146. [ Cuculliinae ] ( Fig. 72 )

Type status (description). Cotypes in Köhler’s, Borsani’s, Breyer’s collections, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”, and Museo de La Plata .

Type locality and collectors. [ Argentina]— La Rioja: La Rioja (Giacomelli, Köhler). Mendoza: Tupungato , 1.xii.1943, ix.1937 (Borsani) .

Type specimens. IFML: Syntype ♀. La Rioja . Syntype ♀. RA, La Rioja . MACN: Syntype ♂. RA, La Rioja . MACN _ En 41946. Syntype ♂. Rio Negro, Cipolletti, Köhler . MACN _ En 41947 . MLP: Syntype ♀. RA, La Rioja . With label “2342” . ZSM: Syntype. Argentina, Prov. La Rioja, La Rioja. Old label: La Rioja , ( RA.).

Figures

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.