Pero meskaria, Meske's pero moth, is a species of moth in the family Geometridae (geometrid moths). It was described by Alpheus Spring Packard in 1876 and is found in North America, where it has been recorded from southern Texas west to California, east through Nevada, Utah and western Colorado.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Pero |
| Species: | P. meskaria
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| Pero meskaria (Packard, 1876)
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The length of the forewings is 13–16 mm.[1]
The larvae feed on Clematis drummondii.[1]
Etymology
editThe species was named in honor of Otto von Meske.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Pero meskaria Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
Further reading
edit- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
- Scoble, Malcolm J., ed. (1999). Geometrid Moths of the World: A Catalogue (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). 1016.