Tornos scolopacinaria
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Tornos scolopacinaria, the dimorphic gray, is a species of geometrid moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in North America. The MONA or Hodges number for Tornos scolopacinaria is 6486. The male's wings are grayish-brown with a dark round discal spot on the fore wing. The female's wings are mainly yellowish-gray with dark gray outer margins. The female has a dark fore wing discal spot which is larger than the male's. Both sexes have a checkered fringe. The wingspan measures 2.1 to 2.9 cm. The moth flies from February to November.
The moths are known to use species of aster and tickseed plants as hosts. These three subspecies belong to the species Tornos scolopacinaria: Tornos scolopacinaria forsythae Rindge, 1954 c g Tornos scolopacinaria scolopacinaria g
Tornos scolopacinaria spodius Rindge, 1954 c g Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net Wikipedia →
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Dimorphic Gray sighting in Dallas on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 913th most-seen of the 1412 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Dimorphic Gray in Dallas on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Only Dallas, in our data
Dallas is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Dimorphic Gray sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Geometridae
The closest relatives of the Dimorphic Gray that you can see in Dallas (family Geometridae, Geometer Moths) are Pannaria Wave (about 10%), Bent-Lined Carpet (about 10%) and Common Tan Wave (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Dimorphic Gray is recorded against all the insects logged in Dallas (13 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
