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White Looper Moth

Pingasa chlora

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Field Notes

Description:

This lovely moth had a wingspan of 4.5 cm (1.8 inches). Considering where he was, he looked like a beautiful fridge magnet! :-)

Habitat:

Hills overlooking Manila.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (5)
bayucca
I helped too, Anne ;-)...
Mark Ridgway
We've all helped spread it Ann. A search on Google gives BrisbaneInsects and Project Noah as the main occurrences. After checking older logs I found it first in 2004 but I was stunned to find it had got into Wikipedia and EOL !! I guess it's one of the risks of the web to go with the benefits. Thanks.
AnnvanWijgerden
Thanks Mark! Wow, it's a typo that's pretty widespread... and I helped spread it :-(
Mark Ridgway
I believe this name should be Looper not Lopper. It comes from a family of Looper moths and is an obvious 'typo' that is getting out of control on the internet.
AnnvanWijgerden
Same species as this spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7078931

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Moths in the Philippines
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PublishedMarch 10, 2012

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