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Species Pero flavisaria - Hodges#6751

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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 flavisaria (Pero flavisaria - Hodges#6751)
Hodges Number
6751
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pero flavisaria (Grossbeck, 1906)
Stenaspilates flavisaria Grossbeck, 1906
Phylogenetic sequence #911177.00
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from Latin meaning "yellow."
Size
Wingspan: ♂ 33-38 mm, ♀ 40-43 mm (Grossbeck, 1906).
Range
Central and southern Arizona, south into Mexico. (1)
Season
Adults fly March through August. (1)
Print References
Grossbeck, J.A. 1906. New species of Geometridae. The Canadian Entomologist 38(8): 272
Poole, R.W. 1987. A taxonomic revision of the New World moth genus Pero (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). USDA Technical Bulletin 1698: 1-257 (PDF) (1)
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.