''Pero radiosaria'' is a species 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 ...
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 ...
(geometrid moths).
It was described by
George Duryea Hulst
George Duryea Hulst (9 March 1846 – 5 November 1900) was an American clergyman, botanist and entomologist.
Biography
He graduated from Rutgers University in 1866 and received a degree from New Brunswick Theological Seminary in 1869, finally r ...
in 1886 and is found in North America,
[ where it has been recorded from southern ]California
California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
to Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...
.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ...
is 28–36 mm. Adults are variable, with several colour forms ranging from light yellow brown, to brown, grey-brown and orange-brown. Adults have been recorded on wing year round.
The larvae feed on '' Clematis drummondii''.
The MONA or Hodges number for ''Pero radiosaria'' is 6749.[Pohl, G.R.; Patterson, B.; & Pelham, J.P. (2016). ]
Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
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References
Further reading
* Arnett, Ross H. (2000). ''American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico''. CRC Press.
* Scoble, Malcolm J., ed. (1999). ''Geometrid Moths of the World: A Catalogue (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)''. 1016.
External links
Butterflies and Moths of North AmericaNCBI Taxonomy Browser, ''Pero radiosaria''
Geometridae
Moths described in 1886
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