Pseudomarimatha is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Pseudomarimatha flava, is known from the western United States only in south-eastern Arizona and south-western New Mexico. Both the genus and species were first described by Clifford D. Ferris and J. Donald Lafontaine in 2010.

Pseudomarimatha
Female (left) and male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Noctuinae
Genus: Pseudomarimatha
Ferris & Lafontaine, 2010
Species:
P. flava
Binomial name
Pseudomarimatha flava
Ferris & Lafontaine, 2010

Adults are on wing from late June to mid-August.

References

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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.