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Morrisonia evicta (Grote, 1873) - Bicolored Woodgrain

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Noctuidae		Subfamily:
Noctuinae		Tribe:
Orthosiini		P3 Number:
932802		 MONA Number:
10520.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984); Beadle and Leckie (2012)Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Structural photos
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
Morrisonia evictaAlamance Alexander Alleghany Anson Ashe Avery Beaufort Bertie Bladen Brunswick Buncombe Burke Cabarrus Caldwell Camden Carteret Caswell Catawba Chatham Cherokee Chowan Clay Cleveland Columbus Craven Cumberland Currituck Dare Davidson Davie Duplin Durham Edgecombe Forsyth Franklin Gaston Gates Graham Granville Greene Guilford Halifax Harnett Haywood Henderson Hertford Hoke Hyde Iredell Jackson Johnston Jones Lee Lenoir Lincoln Macon Madison Martin McDowell Mecklenburg Mitchell Montgomery Moore Nash New%20Hanover Northampton Onslow Orange Pamlico Pasquotank Pender Perquimans Person Pitt Polk Randolph Richmond Robeson Rockingham Rowan Rutherford Sampson Scotland Stanly Stokes Surry Swain Transylvania Tyrrell Union Vance Wake Warren Washington Watauga Wayne Wilkes Wilson Yadkin Yancey
Flight Dates:
 High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
 Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
 Piedmont (Pd)
 Coastal Plain (CP)

Click on graph to enlarge 		Image showing flight dates by month for High Mountains greater than 4,000 feet, Low Mountains, Piedmont, and Coastal Plain: adults.
Habitats and Life History
Habitats: Habitats include forests and woodlands (Wagner et al., 2012). Our records come from bottomland and mesic and dry-xeric upland forests.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on a wide range of shrub species, representing a number of different families. Wagner et al. (2011) specifically list chokeberry (Aronia), hazel (Corylus), laurel (Kalmia), American Hop-hornbeam (Ostrya virginiana), cherry (Prunus), blueberry (Vaccinium), and Viburnum. - View
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Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 SNR [S3S4]
State Protection: Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.
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 Photo Gallery for Morrisonia evicta - Bicolored Woodgrain

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Morrisonia evictaRecorded by: Emily Stanley on 2025-04-18
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Morrisonia evictaRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2025-04-05
Chatham Co.
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Morrisonia evictaRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2025-04-05
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Morrisonia evictaRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Rich Teper on 2025-03-28
Chatham Co.
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Morrisonia evictaRecorded by: Emily Stanley on 2024-04-16
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Morrisonia evictaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-04-14
Madison Co.
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Morrisonia evictaRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-04-01
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Morrisonia evictaRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-04-01
Chatham Co.
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Morrisonia evictaRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-04-01
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Morrisonia evictaRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-04-01
Chatham Co.
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Morrisonia evictaRecorded by: Dean Furbish on 2024-04-01
Wake Co.
Comment: 		Morrisonia evictaRecorded by: K. Bischof on 2023-04-20
Transylvania Co.
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Morrisonia evictaRecorded by: Emily L Stanley on 2023-04-20
Yancey Co.
Comment: 		Morrisonia evictaRecorded by: Vin Stanton on 2023-04-19
Buncombe Co.
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Morrisonia evictaRecorded by: Jim Petranka and Bo Sullivan on 2023-04-14
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Morrisonia evictaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-04-13
Madison Co.
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Morrisonia evictaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-05-01
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Morrisonia evictaRecorded by: tom ward on 2022-04-23
Buncombe Co.
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Morrisonia evictaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-04-23
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Morrisonia evictaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-05-03
Madison Co.
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Morrisonia evictaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-04-18
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Morrisonia evictaRecorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-04-14
Madison Co.
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Morrisonia evictaRecorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-04-11
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Morrisonia evictaRecorded by: Vin Stanton on 2019-05-01
Buncombe Co.
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Morrisonia evictaRecorded by: Gary Maness on 2019-04-29
Guilford Co.
Comment: 		Morrisonia evictaRecorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-04-25
Madison Co.
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Morrisonia evictaRecorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-04-25
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Morrisonia evictaRecorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-04-22
Madison Co.
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Morrisonia evictaRecorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-04-22
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Morrisonia evictaRecorded by: K. Bischof on 2018-04-22
McDowell Co.
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