Species Hyposidra talaca (Walker, 1860)

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• Lagyra talaca Walker, F. 1860. Geometrites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 20: 1-276 [59].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 3♀, Celebes [Sulawesi]; Phillipine Isles; Ceylon [Sri Lanka].
• Chizala decipiens Walker, F. 1860. Geometrites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 20: 1-276 [263].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂.
• Chizala deceptatura Walker, F. 1860. Geometrites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 20: 1-276 [264].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Hindostan [India].
• Lagyra rigusaria Walker, F. 1863. Geometrites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 26: 1478-1796 [Date published 1863: incl. Index to parts 20-26; dated 1862] [1485].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Canara [Kanara].
• Lagyra bombycaria Walker, F. 1866. Supplement 5. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 35: 1534-2040 [incl. Summary and Index to parts 31-35] [1539].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Ceylon [Sri Lanka].
• Hyposidra vampyraria Snellen, P.C.T. 1881. Lepidoptera van Celebes gezameld door M.C. Piepers, met Aanteekeningen en Beschrijving der nieuwe Soorten. Heterocera. III. Geometrina. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 24: 69-96 [90, pl. 9, figs 3, 3a].

  Type data:

   Holotype RMNH ♂, Celebes [Sulawesi].
• Lagyra myciterna Druce, H. 1888. List of Lepidoptera Heterocera, with descriptions of the new species, collected by Mr. C.M. Woodford at Aola, Guadalcanar Island, Solomon Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1888: 570-580 [577].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH, Solomon Islands: Guadalcanar Island, Aola.
• Lagyra flaccida Lucas, T.P. 1894. Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera, with additional localities for known species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 8: 133-166 [154].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ♂, ♀, Australia: Geraldton, Johnson River.
• Hyposidra khasiana Warren, W. 1894. New species and genera of Indian Geometridae. Novitates Zoologicae 1: 678-684 [681] [subjective synonym].
• Hyposidra grisea Warren, W. 1902. Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, Uraniidae, and Geometridae from the Oriental region. Novitates Zoologicae 9: 340-372 [372] [subjective synonym].
• Hyposidra schistacea Warren, W. 1896. New species of Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, Uraniidae, Epilemidae, and Geometridae from Papuan region, collected by Mr. Albert S. Meek. Novitates Zoologicae 3: 272-306 [305] (Originally described as species) [listed as a ssp. of talaca by Scoble (1999)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 6♂, 4♀, [Papua New Guinea]: [D'Entrecasteaux islands], Fergusson Island; Trobriand [or Kiriwina] Islands; Kiriwini [Trobriand or Kiriwina].
• Hyposidra successaria Walker, F. 1860. Geometrites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 20: 1-276 [60] (Originally as species) [listed as a ssp. of talaca by Scoble (1999)].

  Type data:

   Holotype OUM ♀, Hindostan [India].

Ecological Descriptors

Caterpillar: herbivore (associated flora: Khaya anthotheca (Welw.) C. DC. [MELIACEAE] African Mahogany, White Mahogany; Coffea arabica L. [RUBIACEAE] Arabian Coffee; Acacia catechu (L.f.) Willd. [FABACEAE] Atechu, Cachou, Cutchtree, Black Cutch, Black Catechu; Jatropha curcas L. [EUPHORBIACEAE] Barbados nut, purging nut,; Theobromo cacao L. [MALVACEAE] Cacao Tree, Cocoa Tree; Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze [THEACEAE] Chinese tea; Citrus L. [RUTACEAE] Citrus; Carissa spinarum L. [APOCYNACEAE] Conkerberry, Bush Plum; Bombax ceiba L. [MALVACEAE] Cotton Tree, Kapok Tree; Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. [FABACEAE] Cow Pea; Terminalia elliptica Willd. [COMBRETACEAE] Indian-laurel; Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels [MYRTACEAE] Java plum; Schleichera oleosa (Lour.) Oken [SAPINDACEAE] Kusum Tree; Acacia mangium Willd. [FABACEAE] Mangium; Hevea brasiliensis Müll.Arg. [EUPHORBIACEAE] Pará rubber tree; Paraserianthes falcataria (L.) I.C.Nielsen [FABACEAE] Sengon; Glycine max (L.) Merr. [FABACEAE] Soybean; Glochidion zeylanicum (Gaertn.) A. Juss. [PHYLLANTHACEAE] Sri Lanka Glochidion, Hong Kong Abacus; Acacia niloticha (L.) Willd. ex Delile [FABACEAE] Thorn Mimosa; Eugenia aquea Burm. f., 1768 [MYRTACEAE] Water Apple; Albizia procera (Willd.) Benth. [FABACEAE] White Siris; Indigofera teysmannii Miq. [FABACEAE] Zollinger's indigo; Combretum Loefl. [COMBRETACEAE] bushwillows, combretums; Manihot esculenta Crantz [EUPHORBIACEAE] cassava; Ricinus communis L. [EUPHORBIACEAE] castor oil plant; Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume [LAURACEAE] cinnamon, cassia; Ficus tinctoria G. Forst. [MORACEAE] dye fig, humped fig; Litchi chinensis Sonn. [SAPINDACEAE] leechi, litchi, laichi, lichu, lizhi; Citrus maxima Merr. [RUTACEAE] pomelo; Nephelium lappaceum L. [SAPINDACEAE] rambutan; Hevea Aubl. [EUPHORBIACEAE] rubberwood; Pelargonium l'Hérit. [GERANIACEAE] scented geraniums, storksbills; Castanopsis fissa Rehd.et Wils [FAGACEAE] soi phang, ca oi dau ne; Tectona grandis L. [VERBENACEAE] teak; Mallotus Lour. [EUPHORBIACEAE]; Coffea liberica Hiern [MYRTACEAE]; Coffea L. [MYRTACEAE]; Derris Lour. [FABACEAE]; Syzygium R.Br. ex Gaertn. [MYRTACEAE]).

Associated Flora References

Scoble, M.J. 1999. Geometrid Moths of the World; a Catalogue. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia : CSIRO Publishing. [480, 481 (all listed foodplants)] (Carissa spinarum)

General References

McQuillan, P.B. & Edwards, E.D. 1996. Geometridae. pp. 200-228 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [211] (Note #308: Hyposidra talaca (Walker, 1860), H. successaria (Walker, 1860), H. decipiens (Walker, 1860) and H. deceptatura (Walker, 1860) were published simultaneously. Priority was given to H. talaca (Walker) over H. deceptatura (Walker) by Moore (1886: 392) as first reviser. Priority was given to H. successaria (Walker) over H. decipiens (Walker) by Hampson (1895: 214). Priority was given to H. talaca (Walker) over H. successaria (Walker) by Holloway (1993))

Scoble, M.J. 1999. Geometrid Moths of the World; a Catalogue. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia : CSIRO Publishing. [481]

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