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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 behrensaria - Hodges#6760 (Pero behrensaria)

Species Pero behrensaria - Hodges#6760

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Pero behrensaria - Hodges #6760 - Pero behrensaria

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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 behrensaria (Pero behrensaria - Hodges#6760)

Hodges Number

6760

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

original combination Azelina behrensaria Packard, 1871

Size

30-32 mm wingspan

Identification

"The males of this species have dentate antennae, which set them apart from all the other species that are known to occur in this country.", Rindge. 1955

Range

Alberta west to British Columbia, south to California, the White Mountains of Arizona

Habitat

Coniferous forests.

Season

Adults fly from April to October, depending on location.

Food

Bruce Walsh lists Juniperus, Pinus, Pseudotsuga (Scoble 1999) under Pero behrensaria sperryi

Life Cycle

larval information Canadian Forest Service

Remarks

Bruce Walsh lists Pero behrensaria sperryi in the White Mountains, Arizona

Print References

Rindge, F.H. 1955. A revision of some species of Pero from the western United States (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). American Museum Novitates 1750: 1-33 (PDF) (1)

Internet References

MPG photos

All-Leps photos

CBIF photo

Works Cited

1.	A revision of some species of Pero from the western United States (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). Frederick. H. Rindge. 1955. American Museum Novitates 1750: 1-33.

Contributed by John Davis on 2 August, 2008 - 7:12pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, JoAnneRusso
Last updated 22 December, 2021 - 2:23pm

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