Global InformationHyposidra talaca information
| Black looper | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Hyposidra |
| Species: | H. talaca
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| Binomial name | |
| Hyposidra talaca (Walker, 1860)
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Hyposidra talaca, the black looper or black inch worm,[1] is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1860. It is found from India to Indochina, Sundaland, Sulawesi, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, the Solomon Islands, Thailand,[2] Taiwan, New Guinea and Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland. It is a major defoliating pest in tea plantations.[3][4]
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- ^ "Hyposidra talaca (Walker, 1860)". Moths of Northern Thailand. Archived from the original on September 14, 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
- ^ "Hyposidra talaca (Walker) - Tocklai" (PDF). Tocklai. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
- ^ "Hyposidra talaca Walker". ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources. Retrieved 8 September 2016.