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Species Pero modestus - Pero modesta - Hodges#6759

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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 modestus (Pero modesta - Hodges#6759)
Hodges Number
6759
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pero modestus Grossbeck, 1910
Numbers
There are 18 named Pero species in America north of Mexico.
Size
Wingspan 30-38 mm.
Identification
Forewing:
No shading along the well defined antemedial line.
There are 1-6 small white dots along the terminal line in the costal half.
Small white discal spot varies from round to angular shaped and is often lined with a narrow broken ring.

Hindwing:
Terminal line thickens near anal angle where there are 3-4 dark, near triangular spots.
Sinuous postmedial line is present.
Range
Southern and western Texas to Arizona then north to Colorado and southern Utah.
Season
Adults fly April through September.
Food
Poole reared on willow (Salix) in Arizona. (1)
Life Cycle
unknown
See Also
Pero occidentalis

Three other species are similar:
Pero morrisonaria
Pero ancetaria
Pero honestaria
Pinned photos of all three compared at Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Moths of Southeastern Arizona
BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Works Cited
1.A taxonomic revision of the New World moth genus Pero (Lepidoptera: Geometridae).
Robert W. Poole. 1987. USDA Technical Bulletin 1698: 1-257.
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 25 August, 2010 - 1:11pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 24 October, 2013 - 6:39pm

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