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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Eustrotiinae » Marimatha » Black-bordered Lemon Moth - Hodges#9044 (Marimatha nigrofimbria)

Species Marimatha nigrofimbria - Black-bordered Lemon Moth - Hodges#9044

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Black-bordered Lemon Moth - Hodges #9044 - Marimatha nigrofimbria

Black-bordered Lemon Moth - Marimatha nigrofimbria

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)

Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Subfamily Eustrotiinae

Genus Marimatha

Species nigrofimbria (Black-bordered Lemon Moth - Hodges#9044)

Hodges Number

9044

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Marimatha nigrofimbria (Guenée, 1852)(1)

Thioptera nigrofimbria(1)

Xanthoptera nigrofimbria Guenée, 1852

Phylogenetic sequence # 931284

Numbers

One of five species in the genus found in America north of Mexico. (1)

Size

WS ≈ 18-22mm

TL ≈ 10-12mm (2)

Identification

Adult: FW lemon yellow with tiny blackish claviform and reniform dots. Terminal line is black, fringe purplish gray. (2)

Note: Usually has no visible postmedial line. (1)

Range

Massachusetts westward through northern Ohio to Illinois and Oklahoma and southward to southern Florida and southernmost Texas. (1)

Season

Adults fly May to September in northern areas and

March to November in southern areas.(1)

Food

Larval hosts include:(1)

Digitaria ischaemun (smooth crabgrass).

Ipomoea sagittat (saltmarsh morning-glory).

Print References

Covell illustrates on plate 30 #1, describes on p. 146. (3)

Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 6 (Noct. 2) : 241 Atlas (Noctuelites): pl. 10, f. 12

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Maryland Moths

Works Cited

1.	Review of the North American species of Marimatha (Walker) with descriptions of three new species ... Clifford D. Ferris, J. Donald LaFontaine. 2010. ZooKeys 39: 117-135.

2.	Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie. 2012. Houghton Mifflin.

3.	Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.

Contributed by Cotinis on 12 April, 2004 - 7:04pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Maury Heiman, Ethan Kistler, Robert Lord Zimlich, Chris Grinter, Randy Hardy
Last updated 7 June, 2013 - 12:02pm

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