Epharmottomena tenera waterstoni (Wiltshire, 1949)

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Higher taxa:	Noctuidae (family)/  Acontiinae (subfamily)/  Armadini (tribe)/  Epharmottomena (genus)/  Epharmottomena tenera (species)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Wiltshire, 1949)
Citation:	Armada waterstoni sp. n.
Original genus:	Armada
Publication:	Wiltshire E. P. 1949a. Middle East Lepidoptera, IX [sic, recte X]. New species and forms from Arabia and Persia, with a description of the genus Tamsola from Iraq.
Journal:	Bulletin of the Society Fouad I Entomology
Volume:	33
Issue:
Pagination:	360–361; pl. 1, figs, 7, 8

Epharmottomena tenera waterstoni (1)

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Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Epharmottomena by E. P. Wiltshire (1979: 37). Sunk as a subspecies of Armada tenera Brandt, 1939 by E. P. Wiltshire (1979: 37).

Wiltshire E. P. 1979. A revision of the Armadini (Lep. Noctuidae).

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Epharmottomena tenera waterstoni (Wiltshire, 1949)	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, genitalia slide E. P. Wiltshire 373♂, NHMUK.	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia, Buraiman, coastal plain, near Jeddah, 19.i.1948, leg. A. R. Waterston.
Epharmottomena tenera waterstoni (Wiltshire, 1949)	Allotype	♀	NHMUK	Allotype ♀, genitalia slide 4466♀, NHMUK	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia, Buraiman, coastal plain, near Jeddah, 19.i.1948, leg. A. R. Waterston.
Epharmottomena tenera waterstoni (Wiltshire, 1949)	Paratype	♂	NHMUK	12 Paratypes ♂, ♀, NHMUK.	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia, Buraiman, coastal plain, near Jeddah, 19.i.1948, leg. A. R. Waterston.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Epharmottomena tenera waterstoni (Wiltshire, 1949)	Oman		Wiltshire E. P. 1977b. The scientific results of the Oman flora and fauna survey 1975. Lepidoptera: Part I Families Cossidae, Pyralidae, Geometridae, Sphingidae, Arctiidae, Lymantriidae and Noctuidae. Part II A list of further Lepidoptera-Heterocera from Oman. Part III Pyral... page 173
Epharmottomena tenera waterstoni (Wiltshire, 1949)	Saudi Arabia		Wiltshire E. P. 1980a. Lepidoptera: Fam. Cossidae, Limacodidae, Sesiidae, Lasiocampidae, Sphingidae, Notodontidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Nolidae, Arctiidae, Agaristidae, Noctuidae, Ctenuchidae. – In: Wittmer & Büttiker (eds.), Fauna of Saudi Arabia 2. page 231
Epharmottomena tenera waterstoni (Wiltshire, 1949)	United Arab Emirates		Legrain A. & Wiltshire E. P. 1998. Provisional checklist of the Macro-Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of the UAE. page 8
Epharmottomena tenera waterstoni (Wiltshire, 1949)	Yemen		Hacker H. H. & Zilli A. 2010. Revisional notes on the genus Thiacidas Walker, 1855 (= Trisula Moore, 1858, syn. nov.), new additional data on the Thiacidinae with descriptions of seven new species and two subspecies (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). page 615

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Epharmottomena tenera waterstoni (1)

Epharmottomena tenera waterstoni (2)

Epharmottomena tenera waterstoni (3)

Epharmottomena tenera waterstoni (4)

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