Pingasa lahayei multispurcata Prout L. B., 1913

FAMILY	Geometridae
SUBFAMILY	Geometrinae
GENUS	Pingasa
SPECIES	lahayei
SUBSPECIES	multispurcata
AUTHOR	Prout L. B., 1913
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	Pingasa lahayi multispurcata
TYPE LOCALITY	Pakistan N, Rawal Pindi.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	/
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	Holotype ♀, BMNH.
STATUS	Subspecies
PUBLICATION	Prout L. B. 1913a. Contributions to a knowledge of the subfamilies Oenochrominae and Hemitheinae of Geometridae. - Novitates Zoologicae 20(2):388–442.
PAGINATION	397

Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Bahrain		Hausmann A., Stadie D. & Fiebig R. 2016. Family Geometridae Leach, [1815]. – In: Hacker H. (Ed.), Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Macroheterocera and Cossoidea, Zygaenoidea, Thyridoidea and Hyblaeoidea of the Arabia Peninsula, with a survey of their distribution (Lepidoptera). - Esperiana 20:61–138.	62
Nigeria		Hausmann A. 1996a. The morphology of the Geometrid moths of the Levant and its neighbouring countries (Part 1: Orthostixinae-Geometrinae). - Nota lepidopterologica 19(1–2):3–90.	14
Oman		Wiltshire E. P. 1985b. New Heterocera from Oman (with a revised list of the moths known from the Musandam Peninsula). - Journal of Oman Studies 7:39–48.	42
Saudi Arabia		Wiltshire E. P. 1980a. Lepidoptera: Fam. Cossidae, Limacodidae, Sesiidae, Lasiocampidae, Sphingidae, Notodontidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Nolidae, Arctiidae, Agaristidae, Noctuidae, Ctenuchidae. – In: Wittmer & Büttiker (eds.), Fauna of Saudi Arabia 2. - Fauna of Saudi Arabia 2:179–240.	190
United Arab Emirates		Legrain A. & Wiltshire E. P. 1998. Provisional checklist of the Macro-Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of the UAE. - Tribulus 8(2):5–8.	5
Yemen		Hausmann A. 1999. Geometrid moth species from Yemen (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). - Esperiana 7:283–305, pls. 1–5.	284

Notes: Oriental: Jordan, Pakistan, NE Yemen.

Host Plants

FAMILY	SPECIES	COUNTRY	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Salicaceae	Salix sp.	Saudi Arabia	Wiltshire E. P. 1980a. Lepidoptera: Fam. Cossidae, Limacodidae, Sesiidae, Lasiocampidae, Sphingidae, Notodontidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Nolidae, Arctiidae, Agaristidae, Noctuidae, Ctenuchidae. – In: Wittmer & Büttiker (eds.), Fauna of Saudi Arabia 2. - Fauna of Saudi Arabia 2:179–240.	190
Anacardiaceae	Searsia tripartita	Algeria	Prout L. B. 1934a. New species and subspecies of Geometridae. - Novitates Zoologicae 39(2):99–136.
Rhamnaceae	Ziziphus lotus	Algeria	Prout L. B. 1934a. New species and subspecies of Geometridae. - Novitates Zoologicae 39(2):99–136.

* Polyphagous (Hausmann & Skou 2008: 562). The record of Salix sp. (Wiltshire 1980a: 190) needs confirmation.