Moths of North Carolina
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17 NC Records

Tornos cinctarius Hulst, 1887 - No Common Name

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Taxonomy
Superfamily: Geometroidea Family: GeometridaeSubfamily: EnnominaeTribe: BoarmiiniP3 Number: 910901.00 MONA Number: 6485.00
Comments: One of seven species in this New World genus that occur in North America north of Mexico (Rindge, 1954), three of which have been recorded in North Carolina
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Online Photographs: MPG, BugGuide, GBIF, BOLDTechnical Description, Adults: Rindge (1954)                                                                                 
Adult Markings: A medium-sized, dark brown Geometrid, with narrow, elongated wings held horizontally at rest. Unlike other members of this genus, sexes are identical in color and pattern. The ground color of the forewings is ochraceous, overlain and somewhat mottled with dark brown. Both the antemedian and postmedian lines are black and prominent; the discal spot is dull black and elongated (Rindge, 1954). Tornos colopacinaria and T. abjectarius are similar in size and form but are lighter in color, have less prominent lines, and are sexually dimorphic.
Wingspan: 22 to 28 mm, males; 24 to 29 mm, females (Rindge, 1954)
Adult Structural Features: A bristle tuft on the third abdominal segment and a tibial hair pencil of the males are characters that separate cinctarius from both scolopacinaria and abjectarius (Rindge, 1954). Male and female reproductive structures are described and illustrated by Rindge (1954), with keys provided for both sexes covering all species in North America.
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.
Immatures and Development: Unknown to Rindge (1954)
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution: All of our records come from the southern half of the Coastal Plain, including the Fall-line Sandhills
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Flight Dates:
 High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
 Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
 Piedmont (Pd)
 Coastal Plain (CP)

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