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Genus Marathyssa

moth with odd position - Marathyssa Light or Dark Marathyssa? - Marathyssa inficita Marathyssa inficita – Dark Marathyssa Moth - Marathyssa inficita Please help us to identify this moth. - Marathyssa inficita Dark Marathyssa Moth - Marathyssa inficita Dark Marathyssa - Hodges#8955 - Marathyssa inficita Dark Marathyssa - Hodges#8955 - Marathyssa inficita Moth - 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 .