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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Orthosiini » Morrisonia » Confused Woodgrain - Hodges#10521 (Morrisonia confusa)

Species Morrisonia confusa - Confused Woodgrain - Hodges#10521

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Moth, at MV Light - Morrisonia confusa Confused Woodgrain - Morrisonia confusa Willow leaftier - Morrisonia confusa Brown Moth - Morrisonia confusa Noctuidae, Confused Woodgrain, spent cocoon - Morrisonia confusa Moth - Morrisonia sp.(?) - Morrisonia confusa Confused Woodgrain - Morrisonia confusa Morrisonia confusa
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)
Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Subfamily Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)
Tribe Orthosiini
Genus Morrisonia
Species confusa (Confused Woodgrain - Hodges#10521)
Hodges Number
10521
Other Common Names
Black Cherry leafroller (larvae)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Morrisonia confusa (Hübner, 1831)
Phylogenetic sequence #932803
Size
WS≈35 mm (1)
TL≈18-22mm (2)
Identification
Adult: Tan-colored FW with bark-like pattern of brown streaks between white-speckled veins. Basal area is marked with two black dashes. PM jagged, edged with white near inner margin. (2)
Mark Dreiling's DNA Specimen

Range
Eastern North America, from Canada to Florida (1)
Distribution & Flight-period Chart (3)
Season
Flies from April to June, depending on the location. (1)
Food
Polyphagous, with larvae feeding on various deciduous trees, including basswood, birch, ironwood, oak, poplar, sweet gale, sweetgum, and wild black cherry. (1)
Life Cycle
Larva; older larva; adult
Print References
Covell, p. 108, plate 22 #9. (4)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group – images of live and pinned adults (3)
BOLD Systems - images of pinned DNA supported specimens (5)
Wikipedia - brief description (1)
Encylopdia of Life - images of live and pinned adults
Biology of Morrisonia confusa - detailed description of larva (PDF)
Works Cited
1.Wikipedia
2.Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America
David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie. 2012. Houghton Mifflin.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths
Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by A.W. Thomas on 19 April, 2005 - 8:34am
Additional contributions by Mike Boone, Beatriz Moisset, Maury Heiman, Robert Lord Zimlich, marcie oconnor
Last updated 14 December, 2018 - 3:25pm

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