Marimatha quadrata
Marimatha quadrata | |
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Marimatha quadrata male (right) female (left) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Marimatha |
Species: | M. squala |
Binomial name | |
Marimatha quadrata Ferris & Lafontaine, 2010 | |
Marimatha quadrata is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from western Texas and Arizona and southward to southern Mexico (Sinaloa).
Adults are on wing from mid-May to mid-September.
Etymology
The species name is derived from quadratus (four-cornered) in reference to the quadrangular process on the dorsal margin of the male valva.