Morrisonia triangula
Encyclopedia
Morrisonia triangula is a moth
of the Noctuidae
family. It is found in the south-eastern United States
.
Type locality: USA, North Carolina, Craven Co., Croatan National Forest, Road 169.
Holotype: USNM
. male. 2.IV.2000. J.B. Sullivan.
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...
of 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....
family. It is found in the south-eastern United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
Name
Morrisonia triangula Sullivan & Adam, 2009Type locality: USA, North Carolina, Craven Co., Croatan National Forest, Road 169.
Holotype: USNM
Holotype
A holotype is a single physical example of an organism, known to have been used when the species was formally described. It is either the single such physical example or one of several such, but explicitly designated as the holotype...
. male. 2.IV.2000. J.B. Sullivan.