Simplicia cornicalis

Simplicia cornicalis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
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 family Erebidae. 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, 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 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.^[1]

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

References

^ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (7 July 2017). "Nodaria cornicalis (Fabricius, 1794)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 23 July 2018.

External links

Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 7 Macrolepidoptera. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7336.
"930504.00 – 8339.1 – Simplicia cornicalis – (Fabricius, 1794)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
"New North American records of the Asian species, Simplicia cornicalis"

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[1] Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

[2] Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (7 July 2017). "Nodaria cornicalis (Fabricius, 1794)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 23 July 2018.

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