Black-bordered Lemon Moth

Marimatha nigrofimbria

The Black-bordered Lemon Moth 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.
Black-bordered Lemon Moth - Marimatha nigrofimbria Total length: 10 mm. It usually has lemon-yellow forewings, but this moth's wings were more tan than yellow. Forewings have tiny, black claviform and reniform dots. The terminal line is blackish with purplish gray fringe. Habitat: Attracted to a 395 nm LED light in a rural area. 2020(d) Black-bordered Lemon Moth,Geotagged,Marimatha nigrofimbria,Moth Week 2020,Noctuidae,Summer,United States,marimatha,moth

Appearance

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.
Black-bordered Lemon Moth (Marimatha nigrofimbria) Resting in a moist, drainage ditch along the edge of a dense mixed hardwood/coniferous forest in NW Georgia (Gordon County), US Geotagged,Marimatha nigrofimbria,Moth Week 2018,Spring,United States,lepidoptera,moth,moths

Food

The larvae feed on "Digitaria ischaemum" and "Ipomoea sagittata".

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyNoctuidae
GenusMarimatha
SpeciesM. nigrofimbria
Photographed in
United States of America