Epharmottomena gorgonula Wiltshire, 1979

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Higher taxa:	Noctuidae (family)/  Acontiinae (subfamily)/  Armadini (tribe)/  Epharmottomena (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Wiltshire, 1979
Citation:	Epharmottomena gorgonula sp. n.
Original genus:	Epharmottomena
Publication:	Wiltshire E. P. 1979. A revision of the Armadini (Lep. Noctuidae).
Journal:	Entomonograph
Volume:	2
Issue:
Pagination:	38–39, figs 34, 164

Epharmottomena gorgonula (1)

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Taxonomic note:

Had been synonymized with Acontia sublimbata Berio, 1984 by H. Hacker, A. Legrain & M. Fibiger (2008: 307), but retrieved from synonymy by H. Hacker (2016: 237).

Hacker H. H., Fiebig R., Goater B., Schreier H.-P. & Stadie D. 2022. Moths of Africa. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Heterocera of Africa. Volume 3 Acontiinae (Noctuidae) (including Aediini Beck, 1960) based on traditional treatment).

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Epharmottomena gorgonula Wiltshire, 1979	Holotype	♀	NHMUK	Holotype ♀, genitalia slide E. P. Wiltshire 36♀ [= NHMUK 8945♀], NHMUK.	Somalia	Somalia, Somaliland, ca 1500 ft, i.1929, leg. M. Portal Hyatt.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Epharmottomena gorgonula Wiltshire, 1979	Ethiopia		Hacker H. H., Fiebig R., Goater B., Schreier H.-P. & Stadie D. 2022. Moths of Africa. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Heterocera of Africa. Volume 3 Acontiinae (Noctuidae) (including Aediini Beck, 1960) based on traditional treatment). page 198
Epharmottomena gorgonula Wiltshire, 1979	Kenya		Berio E. 1984. Noctuidae (Quadrifinae, en majorité). – In: Rougeot, P.-C., Missions entomologiques en Ethiopie 1976–1982. page 44 (as sublimbata)
Epharmottomena gorgonula Wiltshire, 1979	Somalia		Wiltshire E. P. 1979. A revision of the Armadini (Lep. Noctuidae). page 38
Epharmottomena gorgonula Wiltshire, 1979	Yemen		Hacker H. H., Schreier H.-P. & Bischof A. 1999. Lepidoptera of Yemen Arab Republic, collected by A. Bischof, H. Hacker and H.-P. Schreier in autumn 1996 and B. Müller in summer 1987. page 27

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Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL

Epharmottomena gorgonula (1)

Epharmottomena sublimbata (1)

Epharmottomena sublimbata (2)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Epharmottomena sublimbata (Berio, 1984)	(Berio, 1984)	species	Synonym	Acontia sublimbata