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Hodges #9045 - Marimatha tripuncta?? - Marimatha
Copyright © 2013 Peter Homann

Hodges #9045 - Marimatha tripuncta?? - Marimatha
Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA
May 10, 2013
Size: ~12 mm length
At outdoor light. I had a Marimatha yesterday and discovered that it looks somewhat different from this one in my files which, it turns out, has a faint third spot. Is it perhaps not nigrofimbria but tripuncta? The charctertistic postterminal line is present but barely visible.
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Contributed by Peter Homann on 23 June, 2013 - 4:38pm
Last updated 19 June, 2019 - 4:49am

Moved
Moved from Black-bordered Lemon Moth.

I think that this is not identifiable. I'm guessing it is nigrofimbria based on the shape of the pm. line which is rounded and shallow compared to tripuncta. I would have said it was out of range but photo #976875 also from Tallahassee looks good for that species. The presence of frontal protuberance, magnification may be required, would help eliminate nigrofimbria.

Thanks to Royal for bringing this complicated issue to my attention.
… Steve Nanz, 19 June, 2019 - 4:49am login or register to post comments

 
Yes, that line
Thank you, Steve, for looking at this. Reestablishing the question mark I initially had chosen for its ID seems to be the right thing to do.
… Peter Homann, 19 June, 2019 - 9:51am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Marimatha tripuncta.
… Steve Nanz, 19 June, 2019 - 4:46am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Peter Homann, 6 September, 2013 - 4:52pm login or register to post comments

looks like it to me, but I am
looks like it to me, but I am not an expert. If I see the line, down here in the South, it's not Black-Bordered
… Royal M. Tyler, Jr., 5 September, 2013 - 2:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Surprise!
Thank you for your comment - actually I had completely forgotten this guy. There is a line, isn't!
… Peter Homann, 5 September, 2013 - 7:12pm login or register to post comments

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