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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 » Marimatha quadrata - Hodges#9044.2 (Marimatha quadrata)

Species Marimatha quadrata - Hodges#9044.2

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 quadrata (Marimatha quadrata - Hodges#9044.2)
Hodges Number
9044.2
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Marimatha quadrata Ferris & Lafontaine, 2010 (1)
Phylogenetic sequence # 931286
Numbers
Marimatha has 5 species in America north of Mexico. (1)
Size
Forewing length 8.5-11 mm. (1)
Identification
Forelegs and middle legs are brown, flecked with a few paler scales. (1)
the only western species with brown forelegs.

Range
Western Texas and southern Arizona. (1)
Season
Adults fly mid-May to mid-September. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
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.
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 29 April, 2011 - 8:45am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy, JoAnneRusso
Last updated 19 November, 2022 - 4:00pm

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