Morrisonia triangula Sullivan & Adams, 2009

Pogue, Michael G., 2010, The Hadeninae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA 2380, Zootaxa 2380 (1), pp. 1-75 : 18

8. Morrisonia triangula Sullivan & Adams Triangle-barred Morrisonia

( Figs. 16–17 , Map 9)

Identification: Forewing length 16–19 mm. A distinct, black transverse bar runs across the frons at the dorsal eye margin. The forewing ground color is pale brownish gray. Distinct markings include the black costal triangle, black basal dash, and black anal dash, both just above the posterior margin of the forewing. The orbicular and reniform spots are barely outlined with black and rufous scales. Hindwing is gray with a slightly darker margin and pale rufous fringe.

This species was recently described ( Sullivan and Adams 2009) and is a new species recorded for the Park.

Flight period. Mid-May.

Collected localities: Tennessee: Cocke Co., Cosby Ranger Station . (1 specimen)

Elevation range: 1750 ft. (533 m)

General distribution: A southeastern species distributed from the eastern shore of Maryland, south to Florida, and west to Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas.

Larval hosts: Unknown.

MAP 9. Collecting localities of Morrisonia triangula .

Figures

FIGURES 9–16. Adults. 9, Morrisonia confusa, m, Maryland, Montgomery Co., Seneca, Sycamore Landing, 21 Apr.

FIGURES 17–24. Adults. 17, Morrisonia triangula, f, South Carolina, Charleston Co., McClellanville, Wedge Plantation, 7 Apr. 1977, D.C. Ferguson; 18, Orthosia alurina, f, New York, Tompkins Co., Ithaca, Forest Home, Golf Course Woods, 23 Apr. 1961, D.C. Ferguson; 19, Orthosia alurina, f, New York, Tompkins Co., Ithaca, Forest Home, Golf Course Woods, 23 Apr. 1961, D.C. Ferguson; 20, Orthosia garmani, f, Connecticut, New Haven Co., Bethany, 6 Apr. 1969, D.C. Ferguson; 21, Orthosia garmani, f, Pennsylvania, Bucks Co., Reading, 9 Apr. 1959; 22, Orthosia hibisci, f, New York, 30 Mar. 1905; 23, Orthosia hibisci, m, Connecticutt, New Haven Co., New Haven, Yale Preserve, 17 Apr. 1964, D.C. Ferguson; 24, Orthosia revicta, f, New York, Tompkins Co., Ringwood Reserve near Dryden, 2 May 1965, D.C. Ferguson.