Marimatha quadrata

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Marimatha quadrata
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Female (left) and male
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Marimatha
Species:
M. quadrata
Binomial name
Marimatha quadrata
Ferris & Lafontaine, 2010

Marimatha quadrata is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Clifford D. Ferris and J. Donald Lafontaine in 2010. 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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