Pero polygonaria

DISTRIBUTION: according to Poole (1987) this is one of the commonest and most widespread tropical American Pero species.
TYPE LOCALITY: 'Tropical America'.
BELIZE RECORDS: Greenhills; Pook’s Hill.
METHOD OF IDENTIFICATION: illustrated by Poole (1987) on fig. 170 (adult) and figs. 590 & 989 (genitalia).
NOTES: this species is superficially identical to P. otra Poole, but the latter species is confined to southern Peru and Bolivia. A third species, P. arciogona Prout is very similar but appears to be found only in Peru and Brazil.

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