Marimatha

Marimatha is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1866.[1][2][3]

Marimatha
Female (left) and male Marimatha nigrofi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Marimatha

Walker, [1866]
Synonyms
  • Xanthoptera Guenée, 1852 (preocc. Xanthoptera Sodoffsky, 1837)
  • Krugia Möschler, 1890
  • Thioptera Franclemont, 1950
  • Flavala Berio, 1966 (unnecessary replacement name for Xanthoptera)

Selected species
  • Marimatha aurifera (Walker, [1858]) southern US to Brazil, Antilles
  • Marimatha auruda (Schaus, 1898) Brazil (São Paulo)
  • Marimatha furcata (Walker, [1858]) Brazil
  • Marimatha intensifica (Dyar, 1914) Panama
  • Marimatha nigrofimbria (Guenée, 1852) southern and eastern US
  • Marimatha obliquata (Herrich-Schäffer, 1868) Cuba
  • Marimatha piscimala Ferris & Lafontaine, 2010 Texas, Arizona, Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica
  • Marimatha quadrata Ferris & Lafontaine, 2010 Texas, Arizona, Mexico
  • Marimatha rufescens (Hampson, 1910) Brazil (Bahia)
  • Marimatha squala Ferris & Lafontaine, 2010 Arizona to Costa Rica
  • Marimatha tripuncta (Möschler, 1890) Puerto Rico, southern Florida, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Saint Croix, Virgin Islands, Trinidad

References
  1. Savela, Markku (July 11, 2019). "Marimatha Walker, [1866]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Marimatha". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  3. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Marimatha Walker, 1866". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved June 3, 2020.


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