White Looper Moth

Pingasa chlora

The White Looper Moth or Flower-eating caterpillar is a species of moth of the Geometridae family. It is found Sundaland, the Philippines, Sulawesi and from the Moluccas to Queensland.
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Naming

*"Pingasa chlora chlora"
⤷ "Pingasa chlora candidaria" Warren, 1894
⤷ "Pingasa chlora subdentata" Warren, 1894
⤷ "Pingasa chlora sublimbata"
White Looper Moth - Pingasa chlora Malaysia,Moth,Pingasa chlora,Sabah,White Looper Moth

Food

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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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyGeometridae
GenusPingasa
SpeciesP. chlora
Photographed in
Malaysia
Papua New Guinea