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Species Tornos benjamini - Hodges#6483

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Tornos benjamini Brown geometer moth on leaf - Tornos benjamini - female Geometrid Moth - Tornos benjamini Tornos benjamini Tornos benjamini - Tornos benjamini - female Arizona Moth - Tornos benjamini - male Tornos benjamini - Hodges#6483 - Tornos benjamini - female Tornos benjamini - Hodges#6483 - Tornos benjamini - male
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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 benjamini (Tornos benjamini - Hodges#6483)

Hodges Number

6483

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Tornos benjamini Cassino & Swett, 1925
* phylogenetic sequence #192075

Explanation of Names

Named in honor of entomologist Foster Hendrickson Benjamin (1895-1936).

Size

Wingspan: ♂ 21-30 mm, ♀ 28-32 mm. (1)

Identification

Adult - see Rindge's description in Print References below.
Genitalia:
♀
♂

Range

Southeastern Arizona south into Mexico. (1)
Type locality: Baboquivari Mountains, Pima County, Arizona.

Food

Unknown.

Print References

Cassino, S.E. & L.W. Swett, 1925. Some new Geometridae. The Lepidopterist 4(6-7): 43
Rindge, F.H. 1954. A Revision of the genus Tornos Morrison (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). American Museum of Natural History Bulletin 104(2): 204 (available at AMNH) (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

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.
Contributed by Paul Dennehy on 31 January, 2012 - 10:35pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, JoAnneRusso, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 27 August, 2023 - 1:11pm

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