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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. Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: nerisaria (Walker, 1860) (Azelina) - MONA 1983: 6762; TL: Santo Domingo. atrocolorata (Hulst, 1886) (Azelina) curvistrigaria Herrich-Schäffer, 1870 (Pero) vetustaria (Walker, 1866) (Azelina)

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; 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: 44. Species Page at iNaturalist

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