- Marimatha quadrata
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Marimatha quadrata Marimatha quadrata male (right) female (left) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Noctuidae Genus: Marimatha Species: M. squala Binomial name Marimatha quadrata
Ferris & Lafontaine, 2010Marimatha quadrata is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from western Texas and Arizona and southward to southern Mexico (Sinaloa).
Adults are on wing from mid-May to mid-September.
Etymology
The species name is derived from quadratus (four-cornered) in reference to the quadrangular process on the dorsal margin 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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