Pingasa nobilis

Pingasa nobilis is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1913. It is found in New Guinea and Queensland, Australia.[2]

Pingasa nobilis
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P. nobilis
Binomial name
Pingasa nobilis

Adults have mottled grey wings with scalloped edges. The margins have broad brown borders, each with one grey patch. There are two dark zigzag lines across the forewings and one across the hindwings.[3]

Subspecies

  • Pingasa nobilis nobilis
  • Pingasa nobilis furvifrons Prout, 1927
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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.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 nobilis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  3. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (7 February 2010). "Pingasa nobilis L.B. Prout, 1913". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 18 April 2019.


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