Pingasa dispensata explained

Pingasa dispensata is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1860. It is found in India, Sulawesi and Africa.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on the leaves of Ziziphus jujuba.^[1]

Subspecies

• Pingasa dispensata dispensata (India)
• Pingasa dispensata celata (Walker, 1866) (Sulawesi)
• Pingasa dispensata delotypa Prout, 1935 (Bioko)
• Pingasa distensaria distensaria (Walker, 1860) (Burundi, Cameroon, Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe)
• Pingasa distensaria respondens (Walker, 1860) (South Africa)

Notes and References

1. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/hostplants/search/detail.dsml?PK_MainID=22687&PSpeciesqtype=starts+with&PGenus=zizip&PFamilyqtype=starts+with&sort=Family&Familyqtype=starts+with&Speciesqtype=starts+with&Genusqtype=starts+with&PGenusqtype=starts+with&Country=India&beginIndex=16&listPageURL=list.dsml%3fPSpeciesqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26PGenus%3dzizip%26PFamilyqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26sort%3dFamily%26Familyqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26beginIndex%3d0%26Speciesqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26Genusqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26PGenusqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26Country%3dIndia&searchPageURL=index.dsml%3fPSpeciesqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26PGenus%3dzizip%26PFamilyqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26sort%3dFamily%26Familyqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26beginIndex%3d0%26Speciesqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26Genusqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26PGenusqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26Country%3dIndia HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants