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''Marathyssa basalis'', the light marathyssa, is a 
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
in the family Euteliidae
Euteliidae is a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea
Noctuoidea is the superfamily of noctuid (Latin "night owl") or "owlet" moths, and has more than 70,000 described species, the largest number of any Lepidopteran superfamily. Its ...
. It is found in North America. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1865.
The MONA or Hodges number
A MONA number (short for Moths of North America), or Hodges number after Ronald W. Hodges, is part of a Numbering scheme, numbering system for List of moths of North America, North American moths found north of Mexico in the Continental United Sta ...
for ''Marathyssa basalis'' is 8956.
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* Euteliinae Articles created by Qbugbot Moths described in 1865 {{Euteliinae-stub