Pingasa blanda

Pingasa blanda is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Arnold Pagenstecher in 1900. It is found on New Guinea, on the Bismarck Archipelago[2] and in Queensland, Australia.[3]

Pingasa blanda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Pingasa
Species:
P. blanda
Binomial name
Pingasa blanda
Synonyms
  • Pseudoterpna blanda Pagenstecher, 1900
  • Pingasa acutangula Warren, 1903

Adults are off white with wide brown margins.

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. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pingasa blanda". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
  3. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (6 November 2010). "Pingasa blanda (Pagenstecher, 1900)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 17 April 2019.


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