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Chloroclystis approximata

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| taxon = Chloroclystis approximata

| authority = (Walker, 1869)

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  • Larentia approximata Walker, 1869
  • Phrissogonus pyretodes Meyrick, 1891

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Chloroclystis approximata, the plumed looper or cherry looper, is a moth in the family Geometridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1869. It is found in Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania).

The wingspan is about {{cvt|3|cm}}. The larvae feed on flowers and young fruit of cherries (Prunus avium) and flowers and buds of apples (Malus domestica) and various wattles (Acacia spp.).

References

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{{cite web |last1=Herbison-Evans |first1=Don |last2=Crossley |first2=Stella |name-list-style=amp |date=3 December 2020 |url=https://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/lare/approximata.html |title=Chloroclystis approximata (Walker, 1869) |website=Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths |access-date=25 March 2025}}

{{cite web |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Chloroclystis_approximata |title=Species Chloroclystis approximata (Walker, 1869) |work=Australian Faunal Directory |publisher=Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water |access-date=25 March 2025}}

{{cite web |last1=Rajaei |first1=Hossein |last2=Hausmann |first2=Axel |last3=Scoble |first3=Malcolm |last4=Wanke |first4=Dominic |last5=Plotkin |first5=David |last6=Brehm |first6=Gunnar |last7=Murillo-Ramos |first7=Leidys |last8=Sihvonen |first8=Pasi |name-list-style=amp |title=Chloroclystis approximata (Walker, 1869) |work=Online Taxonomic Facility of Geometridae 1.1.24.158 |url=https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/185410/taxon/3083 |date=6 June 2024 |access-date=25 March 2025}}

{{cite book |author=F. Walker|title=Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera: Heterocera |place=London |publisher=E. W. Janson |page=79 |year=1869}}

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External links

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approximata

Category:Moths of Australia

Category:Endemic fauna of Australia

Category:Moths described in 1869

Category:Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist)

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