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
Dorsal view
Ventral view
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Pingasa
Species:	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)

External links

• 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.