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Geometridae
91a1238 – 6748   Pero ancetaria (Hübner, 1806)
             Hubner's Pero

© Carol Wolf
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Synonymy:
  • ancetaria Hübner 1806 (Gonodontis)
  • barnesi Cassino & Swett 1922 (Pero); Type locality: Holotype: Salem, MA
  • hubneraria Guenée [1858] (Azelina); Type locality: Holotype: Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, CA
  • marmoratus Grossbeck 1910 (Pero); Type locality: USA: "Cambridge"
  • Taxonomic Notes: Pero ancetaria (Hübner, 1806) includes as synonyms 6754 Pero hubneraria (Guenée, [1858]) in Scoble (1999).
    References
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
    • Guenée, M.A., 1887. Uranides et Phalenites. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptères, 9: 159.
    • Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history)
    • Hübner, J., 1806. Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge, 2: pl. 217.
    • Poole, R.W., 1987. A Taxonomic Revision of the New World Moth Genus Pero (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). United States Department of Agriculture, Technical Bulletin 1698: 69.
    • Scoble, M.J., 1999. Geometrid Moths of the World: A Catalogue (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). CSIRO Publishing, 1016 pages
    • Species Page at Block Island Moths
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at Mass Moths
    Pero ancetaria
    © Bob Patterson
    Pero ancetaria
    © Mike Boone
    Pero ancetaria
    © Mark Dreiling - DNA
    Pero ancetaria
    © Bob Patterson
    Pero ancetaria
    © Ken Childs
    Pero ancetaria
    LG – © Jim Troubridge
    Pero ancetaria
    31mm – © Jim Vargo
    Pero ancetaria
    © George Smiley LG
    on Winged Sumac (Rhus copallina) 44mm

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