Hyposidra talaca
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
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.
The wingspan is about 30 mm. Female with outer margin of hindwings hardly crenulate. Male with outer margin of neither wing excised. Antennae pectinated. Hindwings with outer margin angled at vein 4. Body dark olive fuscous, more or less irrorated and suffused with grey. Both wings faint traces of medial and crenulate postmedial lines. The cilia dark. Forewings with traces of antemedial line and more or less distinct sub-apical patch in male. Underside with crenulate postmedial line to both wings.
Larva is a looper, with body pinkish olive green, irrorated with black, and with dark patches on 4th and 6th somites. Later instars are uniform brown. The larvae feed on the foliage of a wide range of plants, including Anacardium, Bombax, Terminalia, Chromolaena, Gynura, Mikania, Cupressus... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Black Looper sighting in Kanha National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 67th most-seen of the 106 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October and December
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Black Looper in Kanha National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–September and November, the lowest months. Those are among Kanha National Park's driest months, with about 35 mm of rain a month against 430 mm in July.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black Looper sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
Yes
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Black Looper sightings, Kanha National Park has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Daintree National Park (Australia, about 20%) and Taroko National Park (Taiwan, about 10%).
Same family: Geometridae
The closest relatives of the Black Looper that you can see in Kanha National Park (family Geometridae, Geometer Moths) are Acacia Blood Vein Moth (about 30%) and Comostola laesaria (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black Looper is recorded against all the insects logged in Kanha National Park (6 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
