Pingasa dispensata
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Kingdom: | Animalia
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Phylum: | Arthropoda
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Class: | Insecta
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Order: | |
Family: | Geometridae
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Genus: | |
Species: | P. dispensata
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Binomial name | |
Pingasa dispensata | |
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Pingasa dispensata is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1860. It is found in India,[2] Sulawesi and Africa.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on the leaves of Ziziphus jujuba.[3]
Subspecies[]
- Pingasa dispensata dispensata (India)
- Pingasa dispensata celata (Walker, 1866) (Sulawesi)
- Pingasa dispensata delotypa Prout, 1935 (Bioko)
- Pingasa distensaria distensaria (Walker, 1860) (Burundi, Cameroon, Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe)
- Pingasa distensaria respondens (Walker, 1860) (South Africa)
References[]
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- ^ 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.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- ^ 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
Categories:
- Moths described in 1860
- Pseudoterpnini
- Moths of Africa
- Geometrinae stubs