Pingasa angulifera

Pingasa angulifera is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by William Warren in 1896. It is found in Queensland, Australia.

Pingasa angulifera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Pingasa
Species:
P. angulifera
Binomial name
Pingasa angulifera
Warren, 1896[1]
Synonyms
  • Pingasa atriscripta Warren, 1899
  • Hypochroma munita Lucas, 1901

Adults have mottled green wings, with two dark zigzag lines on the forewings and one on the hindwings. Furthermore, there is a broad submarginal brown band on each wing.[2]

References

  1. Pitkin, Linda M.; Han, Hongxiang; James, Shayleen (11 June 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 25 April 2012.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (7 February 2010). "Pingasa angulifera Warren, 1896". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 17 April 2019.


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