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Genus Tornos

?? 7058 – Synchlora aerata – Wavy-lined Emerald Moth & caterpillar [on Goldenrod] - Tornos scolopacinaria

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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

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Tornos Morrison, 1875

Numbers

7 species occur in America north of Mexico

Tornos abjectarius Hulst, 1887

Tornos benjamini Cassino & Swett, 1925

Tornos cinctarius Hulst, 1887

Tornos erectarius Grossbeck, 1909

Tornos hoffmanni Rindge, 1954

Tornos punctata Druce, 1898

Tornos scolopacinaria, Guenee 1857

Identification

Adult - distinguished by their elongate wings, somber colors, and by having a prominent raised tuft of scales in place of the usual discal dot on the upper surface of the forewings.

Print References

Morrison, H.K. 1875. List of a collection of Texan Noctuidae, with descriptions of the new species. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 17: 217

Rindge, F.H. 1954. A Revision of the genus Tornos Morrison (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). American Museum of Natural History Bulletin 104(2): 177-236, f.1-35 (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 Chuck Entz on 5 August, 2006 - 7:39pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 15 June, 2015 - 9:17am

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