''Morrisonia triangula'' is a

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of the family

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. It is found in the south-eastern

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Name

''Morrisonia triangula'' Sullivan & Adam, 2009
Type locality: USA, North Carolina, Craven Co., Croatan National Forest, Road 169.
Holotype:

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. male. 2.IV.2000. J.B. Sullivan. Sullivan, J. Bolling & James K. Adam. 2009. A new species of ''Morrisonia'' (Noctuidae) from Southeastern North America. ''Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society'' 63 (1): 21-26.

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