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Pingasa alba
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Pingasa
Species:	P. alba
Binomial name
Pingasa alba C. Swinhoe, 1891
Synonyms
Hypochroma albida Oberthür, 1913

Pingasa alba is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1891. It is found in the Chinese provinces of Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi, Zhejiang, Yunnan, Fujian, Guizhou, Jiangxi and Sichuan, and in Taiwan and Japan.

Subspecies

• Pingasa alba alba
• Pingasa alba albida (Oberthür, 1913) (China: Yunnan, Sichuan)
• Pingasa alba brunnescens L. B. Prout, 1913 (Japan, China: Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Sichuan)
• Pingasa alba yunnana Chu, 1981 (China: Yunnan)

References

1. 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.
2. Catalogue of Life – China Node

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