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Male specimen

Female specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Chloroclystis
Species:	C. inductata
Binomial name
*Chloroclystis inductata* (Walker, 1862)
Synonyms
Coremia inductata Walker, 1862 Scotosia subitata Walker, 1862 Eupithecia indicataria Walker, 1863 Eupithecia semialbata Walker, 1863 Cidaria semilineata Felder and Rogenhofer, 1875

Chloroclystis inductata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is endemic to New Zealand. It was first described by Francis Walker in 1862. The male of this species can be easily identified by the distinctive 'scalloping' of the hindwings.

The larvae feed on the flowers of various plants.

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