Morrisonia mucens, the gray woodgrain, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1831. It is found in the United States from coastal Massachusetts south to Florida and west to Texas.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Morrisonia |
Species: | M. mucens
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Binomial name | |
Morrisonia mucens (Hübner, [1831])
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The wingspan is about 29 mm. There is one generation per year.
Larvae have been reared on Quercus nigra.
References
edit- "932801.00 – 10519 – Morrisonia mucens – (Hübner, [1831])". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
- Nina (April 6, 2014). "Species Morrisonia mucens - Hodges#10519". BugGuide. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
- Wagner, David L.; Schweitzer, Dale F.; Sullivan, J. Bolling & Reardon, Richard C. (2011). Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691150420.