Species Pingasa chlora (Stoll, 1782)

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• Phalaena (Geometra) chlora Stoll, C. in Cramer, P. 1782. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie waerelddeelen Asia, Africa en America. Amsterdam, Baalde & Utrecht : Wilde Vol. 4 165-252 pls 373-400. [original genus cited as Phal[aena] Pyralis by Scoble, 1999. recognised as a ssp. of P. chlora by Scoble, 1999].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) [Indonesia]: [Moluccas], [Amboina].
• Pseudoterpna ecchloraria Hübner, J. 1823. Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge. Augsburg : Hübner 40 pp. 36-69 pls. [emendation of Chlora Stoll].
• Phalaena chloraria; Guenée, A. in Boisduval, J.-A. & Guenée, A. (eds) 1857. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species général des Lépidoptères. Paris : Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret Vol. 10(2) 584 pp. [277] [emendation; published as misspel. by McQuillan and Edwards, 1996. Emendation of Chlora Cramer].

  Secondary source:

   McQuillan, P.B. & Edwards, E.D. 1996. Geometridae. pp. 200-228 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [216].
• Hypochroma paulinaria Pagenstacher, A. 1885. Beiträge zur Lepidopteren-Fauna des Malayischen Archipels. Heterocera der Inseln Nias (bei Sumatra). Jahrbuch des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde 38: 1-71, 180, pls i & ii [47].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) 1♂, 1♀, [Mentawai Archipelago]: Nias.
• Pingasa latifascia Warren, W. 1894. New genera and species of Geometridae. Novitates Zoologicae 1: 366-466.

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, [Moluccas]: Batchian [Batjan Island].
• Pingasa candidaria Warren, W. 1894. New genera and species of Geometridae. Novitates Zoologicae 1: 366-466 [382] [recognised as a ssp. of P. chlora by Scoble, 1999].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH, Australia.
• Pingasa subdentata Warren, W. 1894. New genera and species of Geometridae. Novitates Zoologicae 1: 366-466 [383] [recognised as a ssp. of P. chlora by Scoble, 1999].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH, Celebes (south) [Sulawesi].
• Hypochroma sublimbata Butler, A.G. 1882. Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera, chiefly from Duke-of-York Island and new Britain. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 10: 226-238 [232] [recognised as a ssp. of P. chlora by Scoble, 1999].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH (Originally as sp.), [Bismarck Archipelago], Duke-of-York Island.

Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement

• Scoble, M.J. 1999. Geometrid Moths of the World; a Catalogue. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia : CSIRO Publishing. [758]

Ecological Descriptors

Caterpillar: herbivore (associated flora: Litchi chinensis Sonn. [SAPINDACEAE] Lychee; Nephelium lappaceum L. [SAPINDACEAE] Rambutan; Euroschinus [ANACARDIACEAE]; Flindersia [RUTACEAE]; Xylia xylocarpa Roxb. Taub. [FABACEAE]).

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