Pingasa multispurcata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Pingasa
Species:
P. multispurcata
Binomial name
Pingasa multispurcata

Pingasa multispurcata is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1913. It is found in Yemen, Arabia, Iraq, from Iran to Pakistan and in north-western India.

The larvae feed on Sclerocarya birrea.[2]

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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. Savela, Markku. "Pingasa lahayei Oberthür, 1887". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 17, 2019.


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