Pingasa distensaria

Pingasa distensaria
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Pingasa
Species:	P. distensaria
Binomial name
Pingasa distensaria (Walker, 1860)
Synonyms
Hypochroma distensariaWalker, 1860 Hypochroma respondensWalker, 1860

Pingasa distensaria is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1860. ^[1] It is found in Africa. ^[2]

Subspecies

• 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 distensaria​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum.

External links

• Media related to Pingasa distensaria at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Pingasa distensaria at Wikispecies