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Pingasa dispensata

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Species of moth

Pingasa dispensata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Pingasa
Species: P. dispensata
Binomial name
Pingasa dispensata
(Walker, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Hypochroma dispensata Walker, 1860
  • Hypochroma celata Walker, 1866
  • Hypochroma distensaria Walker, 1860
  • Pingasa distensaria
  • Hypochroma respondens Walker, 1860

Pingasa dispensata is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1860. It is found in India, Sulawesi and Africa.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on the leaves of Ziziphus jujuba.

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

  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. 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.
  3. HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
Taxon identifiers
Pingasa dispensata


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