Pingasa lahayei
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Pingasa |
| Species: | P. lahayei |
| Binomial name | |
| Pingasa lahayei | |
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Pingasa lahayei is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Spain,[2] North Africa[3] and tropical Africa, including 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 Gambia, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Swaziland)
Pingasa multispurcata is often treated as a subspecies of Pingasa lahayei.
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- ↑ 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
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pingasa lahayei". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
- ↑ Afro Moths
- ↑ Pingasa at funet
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