''Pingasa dispensata'' is a

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

of the family

Geometridae The geometer moths are moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyleti ...

first described by Francis Walker in 1860. It is found in

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Sulawesi Sulawesi ( ), also known as Celebes ( ), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the List of islands by area, world's 11th-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Min ...

and possibly Africa. The larvae have been recorded feeding on the leaves of ''

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Subspecies

*''Pingasa dispensata dispensata'' (India) *''Pingasa dispensata celata'' (Walker, 1866) (Sulawesi) (erroneous locality? originally a
"Tond"
*''Pingasa dispensata delotypa'' Prout, 1935 (Bioko) (See Protonym ''Pingasa abyssiniaria delotypa'' Prout, 1935:120 fro
"Fernando-Po"
possibly confused later with African ''Pingasa distensaria'' !?.

References

External links

* Moths described in 1860 Pseudoterpnini Moths of Africa {{Geometrinae-stub