Morrisonia mucens

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.

Morrisonia mucens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Morrisonia
Species:	M. mucens
Binomial name
Morrisonia mucens (Hübner, [1831])
Synonyms
Septis mucens Hübner, [1831] Xylina multifaria Walker, 1857 Xylina spoliata Walker, 1857 Xylophasia sectilis Guenée, 1852 Morrisonia rileyana Smith, 1890 Morrisonia sectilana Strand, 1917

The wingspan is about 29 mm. There is one generation per year.

Larvae have been reared on Quercus nigra.

References

• "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.