Tornos (moth)

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Tornos
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Tornos scolopacinaria
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Tribe: Boarmiini
Genus: Tornos
Morrison, 1875

Tornos is a genus of geometrid moths in the family Geometridae erected by Morrison in 1875. There are about 17 described species in Tornos. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Species

These 17 species belong to the genus Tornos:

Data sources: i = ITIS, [1] c = Catalogue of Life, [2] g = GBIF, [3] b = Bugguide.net [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Tornos Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  2. 1 2 "Browse Tornos". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  3. 1 2 "Tornos". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  4. 1 2 "Tornos Genus Information". BugGuide. Retrieved 2018-04-21.

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