Pingasa dispensata
| Pingasa dispensata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Pingasa |
| Species: | P. dispensata |
| Binomial name | |
| Pingasa dispensata (Walker, 1860) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pingasa dispensata is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1860.[1] It is found in India,[2] Sulawesi and possibly Africa.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on the leaves of Ziziphus jujuba.[3]
Subspecies
[edit]- Pingasa dispensata dispensata (India)
- Pingasa dispensata celata (Walker, 1866) (Sulawesi) (erroneous locality? originally as "Tond")
- Pingasa dispensata delotypa Prout, 1935 (Bioko) (See Protonym Pingasa abyssiniaria delotypa Prout, 1935:120 from "Fernando-Po", possibly confused later with African Pingasa distensaria [?!?]).
References
[edit]- ↑ Pitkin, Linda M.; Han, Hongxiang; James, Shayleen (June 11, 2007). "Moths of the tribe Pseudoterpnini (Geometridae: Geometrinae): a review of the genera" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 150 (2): 334–412. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00287.x. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012.
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pingasa dispensata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
- ↑ HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
External links
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