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Pingasa pseudoterpnaria

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Species of moth

Pingasa pseudoterpnaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Pingasa
Species: P. pseudoterpnaria
Binomial name
Pingasa pseudoterpnaria
(Guenée, )
Synonyms
  • Hypochroma pseudoterpnaria Guenée,
  • Hypochroma pryeri Bulter, 1878
  • Hypochroma tephrosiaria Guenée,

Pingasa pseudoterpnaria is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1858. It is found in China (Hubei, Hunan, Anhui, Shandong, Zhejiang, Fujian, Beijing, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Sichuan), Japan and India.

The wingspan is 32–35 mm.

Subspecies

  • Pingasa pseudoterpnaria pseudoterpnaria (Japan, China)
  • Pingasa pseudoterpnaria gracilis Prout, 1916 (India)
  • Pingasa pseudoterpnaria tephrosiaria (Guenée, ) (India)

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
  3. Japanese Moths
Taxon identifiers
Pingasa pseudoterpnaria


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