Pingasa chlora

Pingasa chlora, the white looper moth or flower-eating caterpillar, is a species of moth of the family Geometridae first described by Caspar Stoll in 1782. It is found Sundaland, the Philippines, Sulawesi and from the Moluccas to Queensland, Australia.

Pingasa chlora
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P. chlora
Binomial name
Pingasa chlora
(Stoll, [1782])[1]
Synonyms
  • Phalaena chlora Stoll, 1782
  • Hypochroma sublimbata Butler, 1882
  • Pingasa candidaria Warren, 1894
  • Pingasa latifascia Warren, 1894
  • Pingasa subdentata Warren, 1894
  • Pseudoterpna ecchloraria Hubner, 1823
  • Hypochroma chloraria Guenée, [1858]
  • Pseudoterpna ecchloraria Hübner, [1823]
  • Hypochroma paulinaria Pagenstecher, 1885

Larvae have been reared on leaves of Euroschinus and from Flindersia species. It is considered a pest on Nephelium lappaceum and Litchi chinensis in Australia. Other recorded food plants include Euroschinus falcata, Rhodomyrtus tomentosa and Flindersia schottiana.

Fraser's Hill, Malaysia

Subspecies

  • Pingasa chlora chlora (Stoll, 1782)
  • Pingasa chlora candidaria Warren, 1894
  • Pingasa chlora subdentata Warren, 1894
  • Pingasa chlora sublimbata (Butler, 1882)

References

  1. Pitkin, Linda M.; Han, Hongxiang; James, Shayleen (11 June 2007). "Moths of the tribe Pseudoterpnini (Geometridae: Geometrinae): a review of the genera" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 150 (2): 334–412. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00287.x. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)


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