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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Ennominae » Azelinini » Pero » Pero astapa - Hodges#6747.1 (Pero astapa)

Species Pero astapa - Hodges#6747.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Geometroidea (Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths)
Family Geometridae (Geometrid Moths)
Subfamily Ennominae
Tribe Azelinini
Genus Pero
Species astapa (Pero astapa - Hodges#6747.1)
Hodges Number
6747.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Syn: egregiata (Pearsall, 1906)
Explanation of Names
Pero astapa (Druce, 1892)
Identification
distinguished by the inward-angled black slash where the median line joins the costa, and the whitish slash outboard from black slash. - comment per M. Rickard, 2009
Range
southmost FL, W. Indies, southmost TX to C. Amer. - Map (MPG, BOLD, BG data)
Print References
Druce, H. 1902. Insecta. Lepidoptera-Heterocera. Biologia Centrali-Americana, 2: 62; pl. 47, figs. 10, 11.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - MPG
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (1)
Lepidoptera - Markku Savela
Works Cited
1.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 9 September, 2019 - 8:04pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 9 November, 2020 - 7:52am

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