''Simplicia cornicalis'' is a
litter moth of the family
Erebidae
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. The species was first described by
Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794. It is found in south-eastern Asia and the Pacific. Records include
New Caledonia
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,
Réunion
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,
Thailand,
Fiji
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,
Hawaii,
India,
Sri Lanka
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, the
Society Islands, as well as
New South Wales and
Queensland in
Australia
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. It is an
introduced species in southern
Florida and
Louisiana in the United States.
Taxonomy
''Simplicia caeneusalis'' was placed in synonymy with ''Simplicia cornicalis'' by Jeremy Daniel Holloway in 2008 after examination of the genitalia of the type in Copenhagen.
Description
The
wingspan is 20–38 mm. Antennae of male knotted and contorted and with a slight tuft of scales at middle. The fore femur with a tuft of long hair. The sheath on fore tibia very long. Body more ochreous brown. Forewings with curved crenulate postmedial line. Hardly a trace of dark suffusion found inside the submarginal line, the area beyond it ochreous brown. Hindwings with dark suffusion, but lack grey color as in other species.
The larvae feed on dead leaves, and can be a pest for roofs constructed of dried palm leaves.
References
External links
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"New North American records of the Asian species, ''Simplicia cornicalis''"
Herminiinae
Moths of Madagascar
Moths of Japan
Moths described in 1794
Moths of Réunion
Moths of Asia
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