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Magusa orbifera is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from southern Florida through the Florida Keys to the Caribbean.[1] The species is commonly known as Orbed Narrow-wing, but this name may also be applied to Magusa divaricata, which was treated as a synonym until recently.

Magusa orbifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Magusa
Species:	M. orbifera
Binomial name
Magusa orbifera (Walker, 1857)
Synonyms
Xylina orbifera Walker, 1857 Magusa orbiferella Strand, 1916 Magusa orbiferana Strand, 1916 Magusa perversa Strand, 1916 Laphygma angustipennis Möschler, 1886

The wingspan is 34 mm. Adults are on wing year-round.

The larvae feed on Krugiodendron ferreum and Karwinskia humboldtiana.

Taxonomy

Magusa divaricata was previously treated as a synonym of Magusa orbifera, but was recently reinstated as a valid species.

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