Morrisonia confusa

Species of moth

Morrisonia confusa

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Superfamily:  | Noctuoidea
Family:  | Noctuidae
Genus:  | Morrisonia
Species:  |

M. confusa

Binomial name
Morrisonia confusa

Hübner, 1831

Synonyms

* Auchmis confusa
* Xylina infructuosa

Morrisonia confusa (the confused woodgrain) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. 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. The moth flies from April to June depending on the location.

The larvae feed on various deciduous trees, including basswood, birch, ironwood, oak, poplar, sweet gale, and wild black cherry.

## Gallery

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* Detailed photograph of Morrisonia confusa head

* Dorsal photograph of Morrisonia confusa

## External links

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* Butterfliesandmoths.org
* Bug Guide

Taxon identifiers

Morrisonia confusa|

* Wikidata: Q6914056
* BAMONA: Morrisonia-confusa
* BOLD: 16134
* BugGuide: 15202
* GBIF: 9546707
* iNaturalist: 176925
* ITIS: 939549
* MONA: 10521
* NatureServe: 2.118067
* NCBI: 214250

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