Pero meskaria

Pero meskaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Pero
Species:	P. meskaria
Binomial name
Pero meskaria (Packard, 1876)
Synonyms
Stenaspilates meskaria Packard, 1876 Azelina albomacularia H. Edwards, 1882 Azelina arizonaria H. Edwards, 1882 Selidosema muricolor Hulst, 1896 Stenaspilates albidula Hulst, 1900

Pero meskaria, Meske's pero moth, is a species of moth in the family Geometridae (geometrid moths). It was described by Alpheus Spring Packard in 1876 and is found in North America, where it has been recorded from southern Texas west to California, east through Nevada, Utah and western Colorado.

The length of the forewings is 13–16 mm.

The larvae feed on Clematis drummondii.

Etymology

The species was named in honor of Otto von Meske.

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 America
• NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Pero meskaria