Tornos scolopacinaria, the dimorphic gray, is a species of geometrid moth in the family Geometridae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North America.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Tribe: | Boarmiini |
| Genus: | Tornos |
| Species: | T. scolopacinaria
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| Tornos scolopacinaria (Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1858)
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The MONA or Hodges number for Tornos scolopacinaria is 6486.[5]
The male's wings are grayish-brown with a dark round discal spot on the fore wing. The female's wings are mainly yellowish-gray with dark gray outer margins. The female has a dark fore wing discal spot which is larger than the male's. Both sexes have a checkered fringe. The wingspan measures 2.1 to 2.9 cm.[6] The moth flies from February to November.[6]
The moths are known to use species of aster and tickseed plants as hosts.[6]
Subspecies
editThese three subspecies belong to the species Tornos scolopacinaria:
- Tornos scolopacinaria forsythae Rindge, 1954 c g
- Tornos scolopacinaria scolopacinaria g
- Tornos scolopacinaria spodius Rindge, 1954 c g
Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]
Gallery
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Female Tornos scolopacinarius -
Male Tornos scolopacinarius
References
edit- ^ a b c "Tornos scolopacinaria Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ a b "Tornos scolopacinaria species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ a b "Tornos scolopacinaria". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ a b "Tornos scolopacinaria Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Tornos scolopacinaria". Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ a b c Charles V. Covell, Jr. (2005). Moths of Eastern North America. Virginia Museum of Natural History, Martinsville, VA. ISBN 1-884549-21-7
Further reading
edit- Rindge, Frederick H. (1954). "A Revision of the Genus Tornos Morrison (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 104: 177–236. hdl:2246/423.
- Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.
External links
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