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Geometridae 91a0880 – 6486   Tornos scolopacinaria (Guenée, [1858])              Dimorphic Gray

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Similar Species: 6486 T. scolopacinaria & 6487 T. abjectarius may not be separable from photos and may require dissection or DNA. There is large overlap most southern states. See Ringe (1954). Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: scolopacinaria (Guenée, [1858]) (Lepiodes) - MONA 1983: 6486 ssp. a. scolopacinaria (Guenée, [1858]) (Lepiodes) - MONA 1983: 6486  pervelata (Walker, 1863) (Tephrina)  piazzata Cassino & Swett, 1923 (Tornos)  robiginosus Morrison, 1875 (Tornos) ssp. b. spodius Rindge, 1954 (Tornos) ssp. c. forsythae Rindge, 1954 (Tornos)

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced. Morrison, H.K., 1875. List of a collection of Texas Noctuidae, with descriptions of the new species. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 17: 218. Rindge, F.H., 1954. A Revision of the genus Tornos (Morrison) Lepidoptera, Geometridae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 104(2): 1-39. Species Page at BugGuide.Net

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