Marimatha piscimala is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Clifford D. Ferris and J. Donald Lafontaine in 2010. It is found from south-eastern Texas to Arizona southward to Panama.

Marimatha piscimala
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. piscimala
Binomial name
Marimatha piscimala
Ferris & Lafontaine, 2010

Adults are on wing from mid-April to mid-October, probably in several generations.

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  • 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.