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

© Mark Dreiling
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: Lepiodes scolopacinaria Guenée, [1858]
Tephrina pervelata Walker, 1863
Tornos piazzata Cassino & Swett, 1923
Tornos robiginosus Morrison, 1875
Tornos spodius Rindge, 1954
Tornos forsythae Rindge, 1954
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
Tornos scolopacinaria
© Steve Scott
Tornos scolopacinaria
© John Young - f.
Tornos scolopacinaria
© Steve Scott
Tornos scolopacinaria
© David Bridges
Tornos scolopacinaria
© Carol Wolf
Tornos scolopacinaria
25mm – © Jim Vargo
Tornos scolopacinaria
28mm - f. – © Jim Vargo
Tornos scolopacinaria
© George Smiley LG

Tornos scolopacinaria
© Robert L. Zimlich LG
on goldenrod
Tornos scolopacinaria
© Sam Houston LG

Tornos scolopacinaria
© Jeff Trahan LG
on Eupatorium serotinum
Tornos scolopacinaria
© Sam Houston LG

Tornos scolopacinaria
© Brody J. Thomassen LG


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