Isturgia pulinda

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Isturgia pulinda
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Isturgia
Species:
I. pulinda
Binomial name
Isturgia pulinda
(Walker, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Tephrina pulindaWalker, 1860

Isturgia pulinda is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1860. [1] The species has a widespread distribution from the African countries of Botswana, Ethiopia, the Gambia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe to Saudi Arabia and Yemen towards the Indian subregion and Sri Lanka. [2] In Europe, it is found in the Canary Islands, Spain, Portugal and the Cape Verde Islands. [3]

Host plants of the caterpillar include Acacia tortilis , Acacia hirtella , Acacia nilotica , Acacia cyanophylla and Acacia karoo . [4] Pupation occurs in a cocoon made by leaf litter. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Species Details: Tephrina pulinda Walker, 1860". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  2. ↑ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57 – via Academia.
  3. 1 2 "Preliminary notes on the early stages of Isturgia pulinda" (PDF). Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Malta. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "Isturgia pulinda (Walker, 1860)". African Moths. Retrieved 10 October 2018.


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