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Pero
Pero ancetaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Tribe:	Azelinini
Genus:	Pero Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
Synonyms
Azelina Guenée, 1857 Azelinopsis Warren, 1896 Egabra Walker, 1858 Eusenea Walker, 1860 Marmarea Hulst, 1896 Meticulodes Guenée, 1857 Pergama Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 Stenodonta Warren, 1905 Stenaspilates Packard, 1876

Pero is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. It was erected by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1855.

Species

In alphabetical order:

• Pero aeniasaria (Walker, 1860)
• Pero ancetaria (Hübner, 1806)
• Pero astapa (Druce, 1892)
• Pero behrensaria (Packard, 1871)
• Pero catalina Poole, 1987
• Pero flavisaria (Grossbeck, 1906)
• Pero gigantea (Grossbeck, 1910)
• Pero hoedularia (Guenée, 1857)
• Pero honestaria (Walker, 1860)
• Pero hubneraria (Guenée, 1857)
• Pero inviolata (Hulst, 1898)
• Pero macdunnoughi (Cassino & Swett, 1922)
• Pero meskaria (Packard, 1876)
• Pero mizon (Rindge, 1955)
• Pero modesta (Grossbeck, 1910)
• Pero modestus Grossbeck, 1910
• Pero morrisonaria (H. Edwards, 1881)
• Pero muzoides Herbulot, 2002
• Pero nerisaria (Walker, 1860)
• ?Pero obfuscata (Warren, 1894)
• Pero occidentalis (Hulst, 1896)
• Pero pima Poole, 1987
• Pero polygonaria (Herrich-Schäffer, [1855])
• Pero radiosaria (Hulst, 1886)
• Pero rectisectaria (Herrich-Schäffer, [1855])
• Pero spongiata (Guenée, 1857)
• Pero zalissaria (Walker, 1860)

References

• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Geometridae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.