Pingasa blanda (Pagenstecher, 1900)
(previously known as: Pseudoterpna acutangula)
GEOMETRINAE ,   GEOMETRIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley


(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda)

The adult moths of this species are off-white with wide brown margins.

As with other Pingasa species, they have an extraordinary resting posture, with forewings dislocated to point forward.

The species is found in Queensland.


Further reading :

Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards,
A Guide to Australian Moths, CSIRO Publishing, 2007, p. 144.


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(updated 6 November 2010)