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{{Short description|Monotypic genus of geometer moths}}
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| display_parents = 3
| parent_authority = [[Charles Swinhoe|C. Swinhoe]], 1893
| taxon = Absala dorcada
| authority = C. Swinhoe, 1893
}}
'''''Absala''''' is a [[monotypic]] moth genus in the family [[Geometridae]]. It consists of only one species, '''''Absala dorcada''''', which is found in [[China]], [[India]], [[Thailand]] and [[Vietnam]]. Both the genus and species were [[Species description|first described]] by [[Charles Swinhoe]] in 1893.<ref>{{cite journal |first1=Linda M. |last1=Pitkin |first2=Hongxiang |last2=Han |first3=Shayleen |last3=James |date=June 11, 2007 |url=http://www.aseanbiodiversity.info/Abstract/51012319.pdf |title=Moths of the tribe Pseudoterpnini (Geometridae: Geometrinae): a review of the genera |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=150 |issue=2 |pages=334–412 |doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00287.x |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425082610/http://www.aseanbiodiversity.info/Abstract/51012319.pdf |archive-date=April 25, 2012 |url-status=usurped|doi-access=free }}</ref>
==References==
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*{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/geometroidea/geometridae/geometrinae/absala/ |title=''Absala'' Swinhoe |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=April 16, 2019}}
*{{LepIndex |id=211655 |accessdate=April 23, 2018}}
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==External links==
* {{Wikispecies-inline|Absala}}
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[[Category:Pseudoterpnini]]
[[Category:Geometridae genera]]
[[Category:Monotypic moth genera]]
[[Category:Moths of Asia]]
[[Category:Taxa described in 1893]]
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