Pingasa abyssiniaria (Guenée, 1858)
| FAMILY | Geometridae |
| SUBFAMILY | Geometrinae |
| GENUS | Pingasa |
| SPECIES | abyssiniaria |
| AUTHOR | (Guenée, 1858) |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Hypochroma Abyssiniaria Gn. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | [Ethiopia], Abyssinia, Harar, 03.iii.1938, leg. R. E. Ellison. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Neotype ♀, designated by D. S. Fletcher (1956a: 29-39), BMNH. |
| STATUS | Species |
| PUBLICATION | Guenée A. M. 1858a. In: Boisduval J. A. B. & Guenée A. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Spécies général des Lépidoptères. IX. Uranides et Phalénites. Tome I. - — 9:1-xxxvii, 1-514. |
| PAGINATION | 277 |
Species pictures
Subspecies
| NAME | AUTHOR | STATUS |
| abyssiniaria | (Guenée, 1858) | Subspecies |
| rufata | Fletcher D. S., 1956 | Subspecies |
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Ethiopia | Guenée A. M. 1858b. In: Boisduval, J. A. B. & Guenée, A. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Spécies général des Lépidoptères. X. Uranides et Phalénites. Tome II. - — 10:1-584. | 277 | |
| Kenya | Fletcher D. S. 1956a. New species of African Geometridae. - Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London (B) 25:29-42, pls 1-6. | 30 (as rufata) | |
| Malawi | Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. | 101 | |
| Mozambique | Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. | 101 | |
| Rwanda | ZSM (as rufata) | ||
| South Africa | Gauteng | Janse A. J. T. 1933-1935. The Moths of South Africa. Volume II. Geometridae (concluded). - — 2(1):1-448, pls 1-15. | 258 |
| South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | Janse A. J. T. 1933-1935. The Moths of South Africa. Volume II. Geometridae (concluded). - — 2(1):1-448, pls 1-15. | 258 |
| Tanzania | ZSM | ||
| Zambia | Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. | 101 | |
| Zimbabwe | Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. | 101 |
Host Plants
| FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Apocynaceae | Carissa sp. | South Africa | Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. | 101 |
| Anacardiaceae | Schinus sp. | South Africa | Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. | 101 |
| Myrsinaceae | Maesa lanceolata | East Africa | Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 35(311):94-100; (313) 177-195. | 194 |
| Myrtaceae | Eugenia cordata | South Africa | Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. - South African Journal of Natural History 3(1):65-138. | 79 |
| Myrsinaceae | Maesa alnifolia | South Africa | Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. - South African Journal of Natural History 3(1):65-138. | 84 |
