Biology:Tornos scolopacinaria
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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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| Binomial name | |
| Tornos scolopacinaria (Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1858)
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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]
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
These 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
Female Tornos scolopacinarius
Male Tornos scolopacinarius
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Tornos scolopacinaria Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=942917. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Tornos scolopacinaria species details". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/82f1d5a1d6e6a9af600ccefb42b5352f. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Tornos scolopacinaria". https://www.gbif.org/species/1975365. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Tornos scolopacinaria Species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/68842. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ↑ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Tornos scolopacinaria". http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=6486. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 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.
- 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. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/302570819.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q13559106 entry
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