Taxonomic Information
Simplicia Guenée, 1854 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Simplicia bimarginata (Walker, [1864]). India: Kerala, Tamil Nadu; Sri Lanka.
Simplicia concisalis (Walker, [1866]). Indo-China.
Simplicia cornicalis (Fabricius, 1794). Indo-China. India: Mumbai, Kolkata.
Simplicia mistacalis (Guenée, 1854). Central India (TL), West Bengal, Maharashtra.
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: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
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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- Herminia mistacalis Guenée, 1854; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 8: 60; TL: Central India. Text at https://archive.org/details/histoirenaturell08bois/page/60/mode/1up
- Bocana marginata Moore, 1882; Descr. Indian lep. Atkinson (2): 195, (3): pl. 6, f. 19; TL: Darjiling. Text at https://archive.org/details/descriptionsofne00hewi/page/195/mode/1up. Plate at https://archive.org/details/descriptionsofne00hewi/page/n334/mode/1up
- Hypena mistacalis; Hampson, FBI, Vol. 3, Pg. 80. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180173#page/110/mode/1up
- Simplicia subterminalis Draeseke, 1928; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 42: 317; TL: Omisien; Kwanshien; Tatsienlu.
- 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. 1/34.
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/species/simplicia-mistacalis
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/490598-Simplicia-mistacalis
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Simplicia mistacalis (Guenée, 1854) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/simplicia-mistacalis, accessed 2026/03/31.