Marimatha quadrata

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, 2010

Marimatha 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.

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