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Species Tornos cinctarius - Hodges#6485

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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 cinctarius (Tornos cinctarius - Hodges#6485)
Hodges Number
6485
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Tornos cinctarius Hulst, 1887
Tornos rubiginosarius var. cinctarius Hulst, 1887
Size
Wingspan: ♂ 22-28 mm, ♀ 24-29 mm. (1)
Identification
Both sexes are non-dimorphic, ground color is dark brown with prominent, dark brown to black AM and PM lines.
Genitlaia:
♀
ventral, ostium sclerotized plate extends laterally with a pair of outward pointing projections on the posterior margins; bursae very long and slender; no signum

♂ image marked with key points
Range
South Texas, Florida to North Carolina. (2), (1)
Print References
Hulst, G.D., 1887. New species of Geometridae, No. 3. Entomologica Americana 2(10): 192 (3)
Rindge, F.H., 1954. A Revision of the genus Tornos Morrison Lepidoptera: Geometridae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 104(2): 217; figs. 16, 13. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
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.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.New species of Geometridae, No. 3.
George D. Hulst. 1887. Entomologica Americana 2(10): 185-192; (cont.) Entomologica Americana 2(11): 210-212.
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 10 April, 2012 - 1:20am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, JoAnneRusso, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 27 August, 2023 - 12:54pm

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