Marimatha piscimala
Marimatha piscimala | |
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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, 2010 | |
Marimatha 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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