Pingasa ruginaria is a species of moth of the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1857. It is found in India, south-east Asia, the Ryukyu Islands and Sundaland.

The larvae have been recorded on Rhus, Liquidambar, Cinnamomum, Litsea, Crotalaria, Nephelium, Trema and Sterculiaceae species.

Subspecies[1]

  • Pingasa ruginaria ruginaria (Guenée, [1858])
  • Pingasa ruginaria andamanica Prout, 1916
  • ?Pingasa ruginaria communicans (Walker, 1860)
  • Pingasa ruginaria commutata (Walker, 1860)
  • Pingasa ruginaria interrupta Warren, 1901
  • Pingasa ruginaria pacifica Inoue, 1964

References

  1. ^ a b 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.


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