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Geometridae 91a1239 – 6762   Pero nerisaria (Walker, 1860)

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Distribution: Suggested by Heppner as a species straying into, but not breeding in, Florida. Type locality: Santo Domingo. Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: • Azelina nerisaria Walker, 1860 • Azelina atrocolorata Hulst, 1886 • Pero curvistrigaria Herrich-Schäffer, 1870 • Azelina vetustaria Walker, 1866

References

Poole, R.W., 1987. A Taxonomic Revision of the New World Moth Genus Pero (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). United States Department of Agriculture, Technical Bulletin 1698: 44.

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