Taxonomic Information
Similar species:
Simplicia species with a broad pale marginal band on forewing are: schaldusalis, mistacalis, griseolimbalis (EL), moorei, bimarginata.
Simplicia species lacking pale broad marginal band on forewing are: cornicalis, robustalis, xanthoma, niphona, concisalis, discosticta, murinalis.
Simplicia Guenée, 1854 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Simplicia bimarginata (Walker, [1864]). India; Sri Lanka.
Simplicia concisalis (Walker, [1866]). Indo-China.
Simplicia cornicalis (Fabricius, 1794). Indo-China. India: Mumbai, Kolkata.
Simplicia mistacalis (Guenée, 1854). Central India, West Bengal.
Simplicia moorei Swinhoe, 1919. India; Sri Lanka.
Simplicia murinalis (Moore, 1867). India: West Bengal.
Simplicia niphona (Butler, 1878). “India”.
Simplicia xanthoma Prout, 1928. Nepal; India.
Simplicia discosticta (Hampson, 1912). Sri Lanka.
Simplicia robustalis (Guenée, 1854). C. India.
Simplicia turpatalis (Walker, [1859]). Sri Lanka.
Simplicia zanclonathalis (Strand, 1920). India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Simplicia schaldusalis Walker, [1859]. India
Simplicia marginata Moore, 1882 is treated as a synonym for Simplicia mistacalis (Guenée, 1854).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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- Culicula bimarginata Walker, [1863], 1864; J. Proc. Linn. Soc. (Zool.) 7: 178.
- Kirti, J.S., Singh, N. and Singh, H., 2017. Eight new records of family Erebidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea) from India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 9(7), pp.10480-10486.
- Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2005. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuidae. An Illustrated Catalogue of the Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) in Thailand: Part 1: Herminiinae, Rivulinae, Hypeninae, Catocalinae, Aganainae, Euteliinae, Stictopterinae, Plusiinae, Pantheinae, Acronictinae and Agaristinae. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 261 pp. + 45 pls. Pl. 1/35-36.
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-17/herminiinae/herminiinae_22_16.php
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/428730-Simplicia-bimarginata
- http://tai-herminiinae.blogspot.com/2014/05/simplicia-bimarginata-walker-1863.html [accessed 03 May 2021]
Note: Simplicia moorei and Simplicia marginata are junior synonyms.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Simplicia bimarginata (Walker, [1864]) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.11. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/simplicia-bimarginata, accessed 2025/10/29.