Marimatha tripuncta

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Marimatha tripuncta
Female (left) and male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Marimatha
Species:
M. tripuncta
Binomial name
Marimatha tripuncta
(Möschler, 1890)
Synonyms
  • Xanthoptera tripuncta Möschler, 1890
  • Thioptera aurifera of authors, not (Walker, [1858])

Marimatha tripuncta is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1890. It is found in the Caribbean and southern Florida.

Adults are on wing from late April to mid-October.

External links[edit]

  • 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.
  • "931287.00 – 9045 – Marimatha tripuncta – (Möschler, 1890)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  • Bentley, Tom (June 19, 2019). "Species Marimatha tripuncta - Hodges#9045". BugGuide. Retrieved October 7, 2020.