''Pingasa chlora'', the white looper moth or flower-eating caterpillar, is a species of

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

of the family

Geometridae The geometer moths are moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyleti ...

first described by

Caspar Stoll Caspar Stoll (Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel, Hesse-Kassel, probably between 1725 and 1730 – Amsterdam, December 1791) was a naturalist and Entomology, entomologist, best known for the completion of ''De Uitlandsche Kapellen'', a work on butterfl ...

in 1782. It is found in

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, the

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and from the

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, Australia. Larvae have been reared on leaves of ''

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'' and from ''

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'' species. It is considered a pest on ''

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'' and ''

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'' in Australia. Other recorded food plants include '' Euroschinus falcata'', ''

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'' and '' Flindersia schottiana''.

Subspecies

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

References

External links

* * Moths described in 1782 Pseudoterpnini {{Geometrinae-stub