Marimatha nigrofimbria

Marimatha nigrofimbria
	Female (left) and male
	Living specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Marimatha
Species:	M. nigrofimbria
Binomial name
	Marimatha nigrofimbria; (Guenée, 1852)
Synonyms
	Xanthoptera nigrofimbria Guenée in Boisduval and Guenée, 1852; Thioptera nigrofimbria (Guenée, 1852);

Marimatha nigrofimbria, the black-bordered lemon moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found in North America east of the Rocky Mountains and in Arizona and California.

The wingspan is 18–22 mm. Adults are on wing from May to September in the northern part of the range and from March to November in the south.

The larvae feed on Digitaria ischaemum and Ipomoea sagittata.

References

Maddison, D.; Swanson, A. (2010). "A preliminary characterization of Bembidion perspicuum LeConte, with a reclassification of related species (Coleoptera, Carabidae) north of México". ZooKeys. 43: 15. doi:10.3897/zookeys.43.390.

External links

"931284.00 – 9044 – Marimatha nigrofimbria – Black-bordered Lemon Moth – (Guenée, 1852)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
Cotinis (June 7, 2013). "Species Marimatha nigrofimbria - Black-bordered Lemon Moth - Hodges#9044". BugGuide. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
"Black-bordered Lemon (Marimatha nigrofimbria)". Insect Identification. Retrieved October 7, 2020.

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