Marimatha

Marimatha
Female (left) and male Marimatha nigrofi
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Eustrotiinae
Genus: Marimatha
Walker, [1866]
Synonyms
  • Xanthoptera Guenée, 1852 (preocc. Xanthoptera Sodoffsky, 1837)
  • Krugia Möschler, 1890
  • Thioptera Franclemont, 1950
  • Flavala Berio, 1966 (unnecessary replacement name for Xanthoptera)

Marimatha is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1866.