Pingasa ruginaria (Guenée, 1857) is a animal in the Geometridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Pingasa ruginaria (Guenée, 1857)

Pingasa ruginaria (Guenée, 1857)

Pingasa ruginaria is a Geometridae moth described in 1857, found across parts of Asia, with larvae feeding on many plant species.

Family
Genus
Pingasa
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Pingasa ruginaria (Guenée, 1857)

Pingasa ruginaria is a moth species belonging to the family Geometridae. It was first formally described by Achille Guenée in 1857. This species is distributed across India, southeast Asia, the Ryukyu Islands, and Sundaland. Recorded host plants for its larvae include species from the genera Rhus, Liquidambar, Cinnamomum, Litsea, Crotalaria, Nephelium, and Trema, as well as species in the family Sterculiaceae.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Geometridae Pingasa

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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