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 in Sundaland, the Philippines, Sulawesi and from the Moluccas to Queensland, Australia.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Pingasa |
| Species: | P. chlora
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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.
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Subspecies
edit- Pingasa chlora chlora (Stoll, 1782)
- Pingasa chlora candidaria Warren, 1894
- Pingasa chlora subdentata Warren, 1894
- Pingasa chlora sublimbata (Butler, 1882)
References
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- ^ 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.
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External links
edit- Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Pingasa chlora Stoll". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (10 June 2010). "Pingasa chlora (Stoll, 1782) Flower-eating caterpillar". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
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