Pingasa cinerea
| Pingasa cinerea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Pingasa |
| Species: | P. cinerea |
| Binomial name | |
| Pingasa cinerea Warren, 1894[1] | |
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Pingasa cinerea, the tan-spotted grey, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Australia (New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania and Victoria).
The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adults are grey-brown with a wavy pattern of darker markings. They have a rare resting posture, with the forewings dislocated to point forward.
The larvae are pale brown and covered in spiky warts.[2]
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- ↑ Pitkin, Linda M. ; Hongxiang Han & Shayleen James, 2007, Moths of the tribe Pseudoterpnini (Geometridae: Geometrinae): a review of the genera, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 150: 343-412. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00287.x
- ↑ Australian Insects
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