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Geometridae 91a1231 – 6747   Pero meskaria (Packard, 1876)              Meske's Pero

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Synonymy: meskaria (Packard, 1876) (Stenaspilates) - MONA 1983: 6747; TL: Texas. albidula (Hulst, 1900) (Stenaspilates); Lectotype: New Mexico. albomacularia (Edwards, 1882) (Azelina); TL: Arizona arizonaria (Edwards, 1882) (Azelina) muricolor (Hulst, 1896) (Stenaspilates); TL: San Antonio, TX. Note: n. syn. (Poole 1987) Host Plants: Host familiy: Asteraceae Amaranthaceae[Chenopodiaceae] Ranunculaceae.  Host genera: Atriplex Baccharis Clematis.  (Shropshire & Tallamy 2025 [accessed 6xii2025]) Similar  : Species Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Identifications often erroneous; DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; many specimens not 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: 5. (PDF or read online) Poole, R.W., 1987. A Taxonomic Revision of the New World Moth Genus Pero (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). United States Department of Agriculture, Technical Bulletin 1698: 5; figs. 1, 2, 443, 443a, 919 (PDF or read online) Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 29.14f; p. 214. Book Review and ordering Shropshire, K.J. & D.W. Tallamy, 2025. Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico: an annotated list containing geographic ranges and host-plant records. ZooKeys, 1261: 101-113; Suppl. 1. (PDF or read online) Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at iNaturalist

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