Biology:Pingasa dispensata

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Short description: Species of moth

Pingasa dispensata
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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.

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

Wikidata ☰ Q7195718 entry