Biology:Pingasa blanda

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Short description: Species of moth

Pingasa blanda
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Pingasa
Species:
P. blanda
Binomial name
Pingasa blanda
(Pagenstecher, 1900)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pseudoterpna blanda Pagenstecher, 1900
  • Pingasa acutangula Warren, 1903

Pingasa blanda is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Arnold Pagenstecher in 1900. It is found on New Guinea, on the Bismarck Archipelago[2] and in Queensland, Australia.[3]

Adults are off white with wide brown margins.

References

  1. Pitkin, Linda M.; Han, Hongxiang; James, Shayleen (June 11, 2007). "Moths of the tribe Pseudoterpnini (Geometridae: Geometrinae): a review of the genera". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 150 (2): 334–412. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00287.x. http://www.aseanbiodiversity.info/Abstract/51012319.pdf. 
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Pingasa blanda". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=210999. 
  3. Herbison-Evans, Don; Crossley, Stella (6 November 2010). "Pingasa blanda (Pagenstecher, 1900)". http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/geom/blanda.html. Retrieved 17 April 2019. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7195711 entry