Pero meskaria (Packard, 1876) is a animal in the Geometridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Pero meskaria (Packard, 1876)

Pero meskaria (Packard, 1876)

Pero meskaria is a North American geometrid moth described in 1876, whose larvae feed on Clematis drummondii.

Family
Genus
Pero
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Pero meskaria (Packard, 1876)

Pero meskaria, commonly known as Meske's pero moth, is a species of moth that belongs to the Geometridae family, also called geometrid moths. This species was first described by Alpheus Spring Packard in 1876. It is native to North America, with recorded distributions ranging from southern Texas west to California, and extending east through Nevada, Utah and western Colorado. The forewings of adult moths measure 13 to 16 mm in length. The larvae of Pero meskaria feed on Clematis drummondii.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Geometridae Pero

More from Geometridae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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