Pero occidentalis

Pero occidentalis, the western pero, is a species of geometrid moth in the family Geometridae.[1][2] It was described by George Duryea Hulst in 1896 and is found in North America.[2]

Pero occidentalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Genus:
Pero
Species:
P. occidentalis
Binomial name
Pero occidentalis
(Hulst, 1896)

The MONA or Hodges number for Pero occidentalis is 6761.[3][4]

References
  1. "Pero occidentalis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
  2. "Pero occidentalis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
  3. Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. (2016). Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
  4. "Pero occidentalis, Western Pero - Hodges 6761". North American Moth Photographers Group. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
  • Ferris C (2010). "A revision of the genus Antepione Packard with description of the new genus Pionenta Ferris (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Ennominae)". ZooKeys. 71: 49-70.
  • Scoble, Malcolm J., ed. (1999). Geometrid Moths of the World: A Catalogue (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). 1016.

Further reading
  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.


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