Moth Photographers Group – Pero ancetaria

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91a1238 – 6748 Pero ancetaria (Hübner, 1806)

Hubner's Pero

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Synonymy:	ancetaria (Hübner, 1806) (Gonodontis) barnesi Cassino & Swett, 1922 (Pero); Holotype: Salem, MA. hubneraria (Guenée, [1858]) (Azelina); Holotype: Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, CA. marmoratus Grossbeck, 1910 (Pero); TL: USA: "Cambridge".
Taxonomic Notes:	Pero ancetaria (Hübner, 1806) includes as synonyms 6754 Pero hubneraria (Guenée, [1858]) in Scoble (1999).

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

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Guenée, M.A., 1887. Uranides et Phalenites. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptères, 9: 159.
Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history)
Hübner, J., 1806. Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge, 2: pl. 217.
Poole, R.W., 1987. A Taxonomic Revision of the New World Moth Genus Pero (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). United States Department of Agriculture, Technical Bulletin 1698: 69.
Scoble, M.J., 1999. Geometrid Moths of the World: A Catalogue (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). CSIRO Publishing, 1016 pages
Species Page at Block Island Moths
Species Page at BugGuide.Net
Species Page at Mass Moths

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