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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

Magusa orbifera is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from southern Florida through the Florida Keys to the Caribbean. 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.

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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