- Marimatha piscimala
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Marimatha piscimala Marimatha piscimala male (right) female (left) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Noctuidae Genus: Marimatha Species: M. piscimala Binomial name Marimatha piscimala
Ferris & Lafontaine, 2010Marimatha piscimala is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from south-eastern Texas to Arizona southward to Panama.
Adults are on wing from mid-April to mid-October, probably in several generations.
Etymology
The species name is derived from the Latin for fish (Piscis) and jaw (mala) and refers to the fish-jaw like appearance of the male valva.
External links
- Review of the North American species of Marimatha Walker with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Eustrotiinae) and the description of Pseudomarimatha flava (Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Elaphriini), a new genus and species confused with Marimatha
- mothphotographersgroup
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