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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:
  • scolopacinaria (Guenée, [1858]) (Lepiodes) - MONA 1983: 6486
  • ssp. a. scolopacinaria (Guenée, [1858]) (Lepiodes) - MONA 1983: 6486
  • pervelata (Walker, 1863) (Tephrina) (synonym of ssp. scolopacinaria)
  • piazzata Cassino & Swett, 1923 (Tornos) (synonym of ssp. scolopacinaria)
  • robiginosus Morrison, 1875 (Tornos) (synonym of ssp. scolopacinaria)
  • 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
    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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