Morrisonia
Encyclopedia
Morrisonia is a moth
genus
in the family
Noctuidae
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Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Noctuidae
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae or owlet moths are a family of robustly-built moths that includes more than 35,000 known species out of possibly 100,000 total, in more than 4,200 genera. They constitute the largest family in the Lepidoptera....
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Species
- Morrisonia confusaMorrisonia confusaMorrisonia confusa is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Eastern North America down to Florida, in the north it can be found up to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario.The wingspan is about 35 mm...
- Confused Woodgrain (Hübner, [1831]) - Morrisonia evictaMorrisonia evictaThe Bicolored Woodgrain is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Nova Scotia to Virginia, west to Texas and Manitoba.The wingspan is 30-37 mm. Adults are on wing from April to May....
(Grote, 1873) - Morrisonia latexMorrisonia latexThe Fluid Arches is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Nova Scotia to South Carolina, west to Arkansas and north to Manitoba.The moth flies from May to July depending on the location....
- Fluid Arches (Guenée, 1852) - Morrisonia mucensMorrisonia mucensThe Gray Woodgrain is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from coastal Massachusetts south to Florida and west to Texas.The wingspan is about 29 mm. There is one generation per year....
(Hübner, [1831]) - Morrisonia triangulaMorrisonia triangulaMorrisonia triangula is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the south-eastern United States.- Name :Morrisonia triangula Sullivan & Adam, 2009Type locality: USA, North Carolina, Craven Co., Croatan National Forest, Road 169....
Sullivan & Adam, 2009