Morrisonia mucens

Morrisonia mucens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
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 Gray Woodgrain (Morrisonia mucens) 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.

Larvae have been reared on Quercus nigra.

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