Hyposidra talaca

TaxID: 1070296

Basic Information

Hyposidra talaca

Black Inch Worm

Hyposidra talaca, the black looper or black inch worm, 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, Taiwan, New Guinea and Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland. It is a major defoliating pest in tea plantations.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Lepidoptera

Geometridae

Hyposidra

talaca

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Hyposidra talaca
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(c) portioid@BY
Hyposidra talaca
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(c) Young Chan@BY-NC
Hyposidra talaca
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(c) Stanley Chan@BY-NC
Hyposidra talaca
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(c) Young Chan@BY-NC
Hyposidra talaca
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(c) Kit Law@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (2 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Costa Rica Absent —
Dominican Republic Quarantine pests —

Distribution (19 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Australia Present —
Bangladesh Present —
Bhutan Present —
Cambodia Present —
China Present —
Hong Kong, China Present —
Indonesia Present —
India Present —
Japan Present —
Lao People's Democratic Republic Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature