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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) | |
Tornos scolopacinaria, the dimorphic gray, is a species of geometrid moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in North America.
The MONA or Hodges number for Tornos scolopacinaria is 6486.
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. The moth flies from February to November.
The moths are known to use species of aster and tickseed plants as hosts.
Subspecies
These three subspecies belong to the species Tornos scolopacinaria:
- Tornos scolopacinaria forsythae Rindge, 1954
- Tornos scolopacinaria scolopacinaria
- Tornos scolopacinaria spodius Rindge, 1954
Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net
Gallery
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Female Tornos scolopacinarius
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Male Tornos scolopacinarius
References
- ^ "Tornos scolopacinaria Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ "Tornos scolopacinaria species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ "Tornos scolopacinaria". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ "Tornos scolopacinaria Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- "North American Moth Photographers Group, Tornos scolopacinaria". Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ Charles V. Covell, Jr. (2005). Moths of Eastern North America. Virginia Museum of Natural History, Martinsville, VA. ISBN 1-884549-21-7
Further reading
- 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
Media related to Tornos scolopacinarius at Wikimedia Commons
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