Pingasa dispensata

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.

Pingasa dispensata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Genus:
Pingasa
Species:
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

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.; 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. 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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