Marimatha nigrofimbria (Guenée), Guenee

Pogue, Michael G., 2010, of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Zootaxa 2499, pp. 1-20 : 11-12

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.195780

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5621427

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5B7787C9-FFEE-FFE5-FF0E-FDF3FC2A88AA

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Plazi

scientific name

Marimatha nigrofimbria (Guenée)
status

 

6. Marimatha nigrofimbria (Guenée) View in CoL , Black-bordered Lemon Moth

( Figs. 21–22 View FIGURES 17 – 29 , Map 12)

Identification: Forewing length 8.0-10.0 mm. Marimatha nigrofimbria cannot be confused with any other species in the Eustrotiinae . Forewing is yellow with a black border; claviform and reniform spots are small black dots. Hind wing is pale gray.The genus Marimatha Walker [1866] is congeneric with Thioptera Franclemont, 1950 . The North American species of Marimanta was recently revised (Ferris and Lafontaine 2010).

MAP 12. Collecting localities of Marimatha nigrofimbria .

Flight period: May to September.

Collected localities: North Carolina: Haywood Co.: Purchase Knob, 0.5 mi N of gate; Purchase Knob, at house; Purchase Knob, NW of house; Swain Co.: Big Cove Rd., site b, site c, site p, site w; Deep Creek Ranger Station; Noland Divide trailhead; 0.5 km from mouth of Chambers Creek, 300 feet up hillside on NW side; 300 feet above lake on Welch Ridge; 0.7 km up creek from mouth of Goldmine Creek; 0.7 km S of Payne Cemetery; 0.4 km up trail from lake on Forney Creek; 0.2 km W mouth of Hazel Creek; Oconaluftee Staff Apartments. Tennessee: Blount Co.: Cades Cove; vic. Cades Cove; Cades Cove ATBI house, 2000 mi SW; Cades Cove Ranger Station; Cades Cove Primitive Baptist Church; Cades Cove Abrams Creek Springs; Cades Cove Loop, Abrams Creek; Tremont; Cocke Co.: Cosby, 1/ 4 mi inside entrance; Cosby campground; Cosby Ranger Station; Cosby picnic area off Gabes Mountain trail; Foothills Parkway; Foothills Parkway at I- 40; Foothills Parkway, 4.5 mi from Rt. 321; Foothills Parkway, 3rd overlook from Cosby; Sevier Co.: Greenbrier Ranger Station; Elkmont; Jake’s Creek Trail; Jake’s Creek Trail, Campsite #27; Jake’s Creek Trail, above Campsite #27; Park Headquarters. (91 specimens)

Elevation range: 1330–5930 ft. (405–1807 m)

General distribution: Massachusetts to Florida, west to Texas and Arizona, and from the Midwest in Ohio, Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma.

Larval hosts: Smooth crabgrass ( Digitaria ischaemum (Schreb.) Schreb. Ex Muhl. , Poaceae ) and saltmarsh morning-glory ( Ipomoea sagittata Poir. , Convolvulaceae ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Noctuidae

Genus

Marimatha

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