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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Ennominae » Boarmiini » Tornos » Tornos erectarius - Hodges#6484 (Tornos erectarius)

Species Tornos erectarius - Hodges#6484

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Geometroidea (Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths)

Family Geometridae (Geometrid Moths)

Subfamily Ennominae

Tribe Boarmiini

Genus Tornos

Species erectarius (Tornos erectarius - Hodges#6484)

Hodges Number

6484

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Tornos erectarius Grossbeck, 1909

Tornos pimensarius Cassino and Swett, 1923

Size

Wingspan: ♂ 18-30 mm, ♀ 22-31 mm. (1)

Powell & Opler (2009) listed the forewing length 14-16 mm. (2)

Identification

Range

Powell & Opler (2009) reported the range as coastal southern California and discontinuously to southeastern Arizona.(2)

Type locality: Santa Catalina Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona.

Season

Powell & Opler (2009) stated the adults fly all months except January.(2)

* January record on Bug Guide.

Print References

Grossbeck, J.A., 1909. Some new species of American Geometridae. The Canadian Entomologist 41(5): 155

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of Callifornia Press. pl.27.46f, p.207 (2)

Rindge, F.H., 1954. A Revision of the genus Tornos Morrison (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 104(2): 214. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

Moths of Southeastern Arizona (5)

Works Cited

1.	A Revision of the genus Tornos (Morrison) Lepidoptera, Geometridae Frederick H. Rindge. 1954. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 104(2): 1-39.

2.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

5.	Moths of Southeast Arizona

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 2 September, 2010 - 1:11am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, JoAnneRusso
Last updated 19 November, 2022 - 3:54pm

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