Pero meskaria

Pero meskaria
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Pero
Species:	P. meskaria
Binomial name
	Pero meskaria; (Packard, 1876)
Synonyms
	Stenaspilates meskaria Packard, 1876; Azelina albomacularia H. Edwards, 1882; Azelina arizonaria H. Edwards, 1882; Selidosema muricolor Hulst, 1896; Stenaspilates albidula Hulst, 1900;

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]

The length of the forewings is 13–16 mm.^[1]

The larvae feed on Clematis drummondii.^[1]

Etymology edit

The 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.

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