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Pingasa lahayei

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Geometridae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Pingasa

Pingasa lahayei is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Spain, North Africa and tropical Africa, including Gambia.

The larvae feed on Rhus tripartita and Zizyphus lotus.

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.

    References

    Pingasa lahayei Wikipedia
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