Pingasa lahayei

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]

Pingasa lahayei
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P. lahayei
Binomial name
Pingasa lahayei
(Oberthür, 1887)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hypochroma lahayei Oberthür, 1887

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, Swaziland)

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

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. Fauna Europaea
  3. 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.
  4. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Pingasa lahayei (Oberthür, 1887)". Afromoths. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  5. Savela, Markku. "Pingasa lahayei Oberthür, 1887". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 17, 2019.


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