''Pero'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
s in the family
Geometridae
The geometer moths are moths belonging to the family Geometridae of the insect order Lepidoptera, the moths and butterflies. Their scientific name derives from the Ancient Greek ''geo'' γεω (derivative form of or "the earth"), and ''met ...
erected by
Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer
Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer (17 December 1799 – 14 April 1874) was a German entomologist and physician. He was born, and died, in Regensburg. Herrich-Schäffer studied and collected particularly butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera). ...
in 1855.
Species
In alphabetical order:
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Pero aeniasaria''
(Walker, 1860)
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Pero ancetaria''
(Hübner, 1806)
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Pero astapa''
(Druce, 1892)
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Pero behrensaria''
(Packard, 1871)
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Pero catalina''
Poole, 1987
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Pero flavisaria''
(Grossbeck, 1906)
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Pero gigantea''
(Grossbeck, 1910)
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Pero hoedularia''
(Guenée, 1857)
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Pero honestaria''
(Walker, 1860)
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Pero hubneraria
''Pero ancetaria'', or Hübner's pero, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1806. It is found in the eastern part of the United States, Ontario and Quebec.
The wingspan is 31–37 mm. Ad ...
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(Guenée, 1857)
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Pero inviolata''
(Hulst, 1898)
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Pero macdunnoughi''
(Cassino & Swett, 1922)
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Pero meskaria''
(Packard, 1876)
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Pero mizon''
(Rindge, 1955)
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Pero modesta''
(Grossbeck, 1910)
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Pero modestus''
Grossbeck, 1910
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Pero morrisonaria''
(H. Edwards, 1881)
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Pero muzoides''
Herbulot, 2002
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Pero nerisaria''
(Walker, 1860)
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Pero obfuscata''
(Warren, 1894)
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Pero occidentalis''
(Hulst, 1896)
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Pero pima''
Poole, 1987
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Pero polygonaria''
(Herrich-Schäffer, 855
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Pero radiosaria''
(Hulst, 1886)
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Pero rectisectaria''
(Herrich-Schäffer, 855
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Pero spongiata''
(Guenée, 1857)
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Pero zalissaria''
(Walker, 1860)
References
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Azelinini
Geometridae genera
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