Biology:Pingasa lahayei

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Short description: Species of moth

Pingasa lahayei
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Pingasa
Species:
P. lahayei
Binomial name
Pingasa lahayei
(Oberthür, 1887)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hypochroma lahayei Oberthür, 1887

Pingasa lahayei is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Charles Oberthür in 1887. It is found in Spain ,[2] North Africa[3] and tropical Africa, including the Gambia.[4]

The larvae feed on Rhus tripartita and Zizyphus lotus.[5]

Subspecies

  • Pingasa lahayei lahayei (southern Spain, North Africa)
  • Pingasa lahayei austrina Prout, 1917 (tropical Africa, including the Gambia, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Eswatini)

Pingasa multispurcata is often treated as a subspecies of Pingasa lahayei.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7195728 entry