Pingasa dispensata

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Pingasa dispensata
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P. dispensata
Binomial name
Pingasa dispensata
(Walker, 1860)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hypochroma dispensata Walker, 1860
  • Hypochroma celata Walker, 1866
  • Hypochroma distensaria Walker, 1860
  • Pingasa distensaria
  • Hypochroma respondens Walker, 1860

Pingasa dispensata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in India,[2] Sulawesi and Africa.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on the leaves of Ziziphus jujuba.[3]

Subspecies

  • Pingasa dispensata dispensata (India)
  • Pingasa dispensata celata (Walker, 1866) (Sulawesi)
  • Pingasa dispensata delotypa Prout, 1935 (Bioko)
  • 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. ; Hongxiang Han & Shayleen James, 2007, Moths of the tribe Pseudoterpnini (Geometridae: Geometrinae): a review of the genera, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 150: 343-412. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00287.x
  2. ^ LepIndex
  3. ^ HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants