Marimatha piscimala

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, 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.

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