Taxonomic Information
Hyposidra Guenée, 1857 species known from India.
Hyposidra albifera (Moore, 1879). India: NW Himalaya, Kulu, Himachal Pradesh.
Hyposidra aquilaria (Walker, 1862). India: Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, West Bengal.
Hyposidra infixaria (Walker, 1860). India: NE India, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, West Bengal, Tripura.
Hyposidra murina (Swinhoe, 1891). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh.
Hyposidra picaria (Walker, 1866). India?
Hyposidra polia Hampson, 1896. S. India, Andhra Pradesh; Sri Lanka.
Hyposidra talaca (Walker, 1860). India: throughout India; Sri Lanka.
Hyposidra violescens Hampson, 1895. India: Sikkim, Meghalaya, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu.
Hyposidra albifera (Moore, 1879). India: NW Himalaya, Kulu, Himachal Pradesh.
Hyposidra aquilaria (Walker, 1862). India: Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, West Bengal.
Hyposidra infixaria (Walker, 1860). India: NE India, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, West Bengal, Tripura.
Hyposidra murina (Swinhoe, 1891). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh.
Hyposidra picaria (Walker, 1866). India?
Hyposidra polia Hampson, 1896. S. India, Andhra Pradesh; Sri Lanka.
Hyposidra talaca (Walker, 1860). India: throughout India; Sri Lanka.
Hyposidra violescens Hampson, 1895. India: Sikkim, Meghalaya, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andhra Pradesh | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
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| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
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| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
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| Himachal Pradesh | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Karnataka | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Kerala | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||
| Maharashtra | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
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| Meghalaya | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Mizoram | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Tripura | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Total | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 15 | 12 |
Hyposidra talaca (Walker, 1860): Acacia catechu, Acacia nilotica, Albizia procera (Fabaceae), Bombax ceiba (Malvaceae), Toona ciliata (Meliaceae), Ficus tinctoria ssp. gibbosa (Moraceae), Ricinus communis (Euphorbiaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- . Pg. 213, #3263.
- Plate 23/5.
- Iyer, G., D. Stüning & S. Sondhi. 2021. An inventory of geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea: Geometridae) of Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 13(13): 19887–19920. 7105.13.13.19887-19920. Image 172.
- http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=20765 [accessed 22 June 2016]
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Hyposidra talaca (Walker, 1860) – Black Looper. In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.11. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/index.php/hyposidra-talaca, accessed 2026/03/04.