Hübner's Pero Moth (Pero ancetaria)

At porch lights near an overgrown backyard habitat.

This beauty would not cooperate and wanted to hide in all of the hard-to-get corners of my front porch!

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Ferdy Christant

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Still glad you got it, it's a stunner! Posted 7 years ago

The Hübner's pero

''Pero ancetaria'', Hübner's pero, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in the eastern part of the United States, Ontario and Quebec. The wingspan is 31–37 mm. Adults are on wing from March to September in the south . There are two generations per year.

The larva feed on ''Alnus'', ''Shepherdia canadensis'', ''Prunus serotina'' and ''Salix''.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies

Species identified by Flown Kimmerling