Simplicia cornicalis

Simplicia cornicalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Herminiinae
Genus: Simplicia
Species: S. cornicalis
Binomial name
Simplicia cornicalis
(Fabricius, 1794)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena cornicalis Fabricius, 1794
  • Nodaria cornicalis (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Herminia cinerealis Walker, 1866
  • Simplicia caeneusalis (Walker, [1859])
  • Sophronia caeneusalis Walker, 1859
  • Bocana robustalis Walker, 1866
  • Aginna simulata Moore, 1882
  • Libisosa obiana Swinhoe, 1919
  • Simplicia lautokiensis A.E. Prout, 1933
  • Simplicia ryukyuensis Sugi, 1965
  • Simplicia buffetti Holloway, 1977

Simplicia cornicalis is a litter moth of the Erebidae family. It is found in south-eastern Asia and the Pacific. Records include New Caledonia, Réunion, Thailand, Fiji, Hawaii, India, Sri Lanka, the Society Islands, as well as New South Wales and Queensland in Australia. It is an introduced species in southern Florida and Louisiana.

Taxonomy

Simplicia caeneusalis was placed in synonymy with Simplicia cornicalis by 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 sheatj on fore tibia very long. Body more ochreous brown. Fore wings with curved crenulate postmedial line. Hardly a trace of dark suffusion found inside the submarginal line, the area beyond it ochreous brown. Hind wings with dark suffusion, but lack grey color as in other species.[1]

The larvae feed on dead leaves, and can be a pest for roofs constructed of dried palm leaves.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Simplicia caeneusalis (Walker, [1859])". Butterfly House. Retrieved 20 August 2016.


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