Pingasa dispensata

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Pingasa dispensata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Pingasa
Species:
P. dispensata
Binomial name
Pingasa dispensata
(Walker, 1860) [1]
Synonyms
  • Hypochroma dispensataWalker, 1860
  • Hypochroma celataWalker, 1866
  • Hypochroma distensariaWalker, 1860
  • Pingasa distensaria
  • Hypochroma respondensWalker, 1860

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

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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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  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


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