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Pingasa Moth

Pingasa subpurpurea

Description:

45 mm wingspan. Broken white with a brownish desing and blue shadows. Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Geometridae Genus: Pingasa Species: P. subpurpurea Binomial name Pingasa subpurpurea Warren, 1897

Habitat:

Tropical wood, lowlands.

Notes:

Geometridae... some species from genus pingasa?

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2 Comments

Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel 10 years ago

Tnx Harsa! I think could be pingasa chlora or pingasa subpurpurea. I think nore in p. subpurpurea becose the other doesn't have the yellow we see in the new pic I uploaded.

Juan Manuel
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Juan Manuel

Cagayan, Philippines

Spotted on Jun 4, 2013
Submitted on Jun 4, 2013

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