Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Geometridae Scientific name Pingasa chlora | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Tribe Pseudoterpnini Rank Species | |
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Similar Pingasa, Pingasa ruginaria, Eucyclodes, Comostola, Agathia | ||
Pingasa chlora, the white looper moth or flower-eating caterpillar, is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found Sundaland, the Philippines, Sulawesi and from the Moluccas to Queensland.
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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