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Geometridae
91a1250 – 6761   Pero occidentalis (Hulst, 1896)

© Gary McDonald - DNA
Similar Species:
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • occidentalis Hulst 1896 (Marmarea) - MONA 1983: 6761
  • ssp. a. occidentalis Hulst 1896 (Marmarea) - MONA 1983: 6761; Type locality: California, possibly Alameda County (McDunnough 1949)
  • ssp. b. canaster Rindge 1955 (Pero)
  • ssp. c. helvus Rindge 1955 (Pero)
  • colorado Grossbeck 1910 (Pero)
  • packardi Cassino & Swett 1922 (Pero)
  • patriciata Cassino & Swett 1925 (Pero)
  • peplarioides Hulst 1898 (Marmarea)
  • References
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
    • Poole, R.W., 1987. A Taxonomic Revision of the New World Moth Genus Pero (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). United States Department of Agriculture, Technical Bulletin 1698: 71.
    • Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 29.18m; p. 214. Book Review and ordering
    • Rindge, F.H., 1955. A revision of some species of Pero in the western United States (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). American Museum Novitates, 1750: 22.
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum
    Pero occidentalis
    © Gary McDonald - DNA
    Pero occidentalis
    © Charles Melton - DNA
    Pero occidentalis
    © Jim Moore - DNA
    Pero occidentalis
    - gen. - © Glenn Fine
    Pero occidentalis
    LG – © Jim Moore - DNA
    Pero occidentalis
    LG – © Jim Troubridge
    Pero occidentalis
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