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New records and description of the female of Pero minetraria (Oberthür) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)

The female of Pero minetraria (Oberthür, 1912) is described for the first time and new records for the species in southeastern Brazil are added. The female has filiform antennae and brownish ground colour; outer margin of forewing more dentate comparing to male.

Ennominae; female genitalia; morphology


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