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Pingasa alba

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Pingasa alba
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Pingasa
Species:
P. alba
Binomial name
Pingasa alba
Synonyms
  • Hypochroma albida Oberthür, 1913

Pingasa alba is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1891. It is found in the Chinese provinces of Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi, Zhejiang, Yunnan, Fujian, Guizhou, Jiangxi and Sichuan,[2] and in Taiwan and Japan.

Subspecies

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  • Pingasa alba alba
  • Pingasa alba albida (Oberthür, 1913) (China: Yunnan, Sichuan)
  • Pingasa alba brunnescens L. B. Prout, 1913 (Japan, China: Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Sichuan)
  • Pingasa alba yunnana Chu, 1981 (China: Yunnan)

References

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  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. ^ Catalogue of Life – China Node