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Marimatha quadrata

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Marimatha quadrata
Female (left) and male
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M. squala
Binomial name
Marimatha quadrata
Ferris & Lafontaine, 2010

Marimatha quadrata is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Clifford D. Ferris and J. Donald Lafontaine in 2010. 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.

  • Ferris, Clifford & Lafontaine, Donald (March 18, 2010). "Review of the North American species of Marimatha Walker with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Eustrotiinae) and the description of Pseudomarimatha flava (Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Elaphriini), a new genus and species confused with Marimatha". ZooKeys. 39: 117–135. doi:10.3897/zookeys.39.424.