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.