Marimatha nigrofimbria

Marimatha nigrofimbria
Marimatha nigrofimbria male (right) female (left)
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)

The Black-bordered Lemon Moth (Marimatha nigrofimbria) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Massachusetts westward through northern Ohio to Illinois and Oklahoma and southward to southern Florida and southernmost Texas.

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.

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