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Genus Marathyssa

Moth - Marathyssa inficita - female Dark Marathyssa - Marathyssa inficita Dark Marathyssa - Marathyssa inficita Hodges #8955 - Dark Marathyssa - Marathyssa inficita Owlet Moth? - Marathyssa inficita Marathyssa basalis Marathyssa inficita or minus - Marathyssa Marathyssa inficita
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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 Euteliidae
Subfamily Euteliinae
Genus Marathyssa
Numbers
Marathyssa includes three species in America north of Mexico. (1)
Marathyssa basalis - Hodges #8956
Marathyssa inficita - Hodges #8955
Marathyssa minus - Hodges #8956.1
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - photos of all three species (pinned).
Works Cited
1.Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico.
Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .