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Geometridae 91a0880 – 6486   Tornos scolopacinaria (Guenée, [1858])              Dimorphic Gray

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Larva and Host Plants: Host familiy: Asteraceae.  Host genera: Aster[unresolved] Coreopsis Eupatorium Symphyotrichum.  (Kimberley & Douglas 2025) Similar Species: 91a0884 Tornos abjectarius: may not be separable from photos and may require dissection or DNA. There is large overlap in most southern states. See Ringe (1954). Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: scolopacinaria (Guenée, [1858]) (Lepiodes) - MONA 1983: 6486 ssp. a. scolopacinaria (Guenée, [1858]) (Lepiodes)  pervelata (Walker, 1863) (Tephrina)  piazzata Cassino & Swett, 1923 (Tornos)  robiginosus Morrison, 1875 (Tornos) ssp. b. spodius Rindge, 1954 (Tornos) ssp. c. forsythae Rindge, 1954 (Tornos)

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Identifications often erroneous; DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; many specimens not sequenced. Morrison, H.K., 1875. List of a collection of Texas Noctuidae, with descriptions of the new species. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 17: 218. Rindge, F.H., 1954. A Revision of the genus Tornos (Morrison) Lepidoptera, Geometridae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 104(2): 1-39. Shropshire, K.J. & D.W. Tallamy, 2025. Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico: an annotated list containing geographic ranges and host-plant records. ZooKeys, 1261: 101-113; Suppl. 1. (PDF or read online) Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at iNaturalist

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