of Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Author
Pogue, Michael G.
text
Zootaxa
2010
2499
1
20
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.195780
542c01c1-7428-4c26-8167-e43c6f6aa69a
1175-5326
195780
6.
Marimatha nigrofimbria
(Guenée)
, Black-bordered Lemon Moth
(
Figs. 21–22
, 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
).