Pingasa pseudoterpnaria

Pingasa pseudoterpnaria is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1858. It is found in China (Hubei, Hunan, Anhui, Shandong, Zhejiang, Fujian, Beijing, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Sichuan),[2] Japan[3] and India.

Pingasa pseudoterpnaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Genus:
Pingasa
Species:
P. pseudoterpnaria
Binomial name
Pingasa pseudoterpnaria
(Guenée, [1858])[1]
Synonyms
  • Hypochroma pseudoterpnaria Guenée, [1858]
  • Hypochroma pryeri Bulter, 1878
  • Hypochroma tephrosiaria Guenée, [1858]

The wingspan is 32–35 mm.

Subspecies
  • Pingasa pseudoterpnaria pseudoterpnaria (Japan, China)
  • Pingasa pseudoterpnaria gracilis Prout, 1916 (India)
  • Pingasa pseudoterpnaria tephrosiaria (Guenée, [1858]) (India)

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.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. Catalogue of Life – China Node
  3. Japanese Moths


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