Pingasa multispurcata

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Pingasa multispurcata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Pingasa
Species:
P. multispurcata
Binomial name
Pingasa multispurcata

Pingasa multispurcata is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1913. It is found in Yemen, Arabia, Iraq, from Iran to Pakistan and in north-western India.

The larvae feed on Sclerocarya birrea . [2]

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<i>Pingasa angulifera</i> Species of moth

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

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Pingasa lahayei is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Charles Oberthür in 1887. It is found in Spain, North Africa and tropical Africa, including the Gambia.

Pingasa murphyi is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Claude Herbulot in 1994. It is found in Africa.

Pingasa nobilis is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1913. It is found in New Guinea and Queensland, Australia.

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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.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. Savela, Markku. "Pingasa lahayei Oberthür, 1887". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 17, 2019.