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]
These three subspecies belong to the species Tornos scolopacinaria:
Data sources: i = ITIS, [1] c = Catalogue of Life, [2] g = GBIF, [3] b = Bugguide.net [4]
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)
|
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]
These three subspecies belong to the species Tornos scolopacinaria:
Data sources: i = ITIS, [1] c = Catalogue of Life, [2] g = GBIF, [3] b = Bugguide.net [4]