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Observation_226947
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Simplicia cornicalis (Fabricius, 1794)
Phalaena cornicalis Fabricius, 1794; Ent. Syst. 3 (2): 229; TL: East Indies. Text at https://archive.org/details/entomologiasyst3fabr/page/229/mode/1up?view=theater (in French)
MOT Vol. 3, Part 2. Pg. 26, Pl. 2/22. Lists Simplicia caeneusalis as a synonym for Simplicia cornicalis but lists Simplicia robustalis as a valid taxon.
Sophronia ? caeneusalis Walker, [1859]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 16: 94; TL: Moreton Bay [Queensland]. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso1618brit/page/94/mode/1up?view=theater
Bocana robustalis Walker, [1866]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 34: 1172 (preocc. Herminia robustalis Guenée, 1854); TL: Morty. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso3334brit/page/1172/mode/1up?view=theater
Aginna simulata Moore, 1882; In Hewitson & Moore. Description of new Indian Lepidopterous Insects from the collection of the late Mr. W. S. Atkinson. Pg. 195; TL: Bombay; Calcutta.
Libisosa obiana Swinhoe, 1919; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9) 4 (21): 123; TL: Obi. Text at https://archive.org/details/annalsmagazineof941919lond/page/123/mode/1up?view=theater
Simplicia robustalis; Hampson, FBI, Vol. 3, pg. 36, # 2797, Fig. 16. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120138#page/72/mode/1up
Simplicia caeneusalis; [POOLE]; Owada, 1992, Tinea 13 (18): 188;
Owada, M. 1992. Synonymic notes on the herminiine moths (Noctuidae) of Japan, with description of three new species, Tinea 13 (18) : 183-203. Pg. 188, Fig 42-47.
Synonymizes Bocana robustalis, Aginna simulata, Libisosa obiana, Simplicia lautokiensis and Simplicia ryukyuensis with Simplicia caeneusalis.
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-17/herminiinae/herminiinae_22_3.php also confirms Simplicia caeneusalis as synonym.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/243955-Simplicia-cornicalis
http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=8339.1
https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Simplicia-cornicalis
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/herm/caeneusalis.html as Simplicia caeneusalis a synonym for Simplicia cornicalis
Chandra, K., Gupta, D., Gopi, K.C., Tripathy, B. and Kumar, V., 2018. Faunal Diversity of Indian Himalaya: 1-872. (Published by the Director, Zool. Surv. India, Kolkata). Lists Simplicia caeneusalis from the Indian Himalaya.
Extralimital species
Simplicia xanthonoma and Simplicia pseudoniphona are similar species (See Tinea 13 (18)).
Simplicia pseudeusalis Holloway and Simplicia acutivalva Holloway
(extralimital).
Simplicia butesalis (Walker, [1859]). Extralimital.
Phalaena cornicalis Fabricius, 1794; Ent. Syst. 3 (2): 229; TL: East Indies. Text at https://archive.org/details/entomologiasyst3fabr/page/229/mode/1up?view=theater (in French)
MOT Vol. 3, Part 2. Pg. 26, Pl. 2/22. Lists Simplicia caeneusalis as a synonym for Simplicia cornicalis but lists Simplicia robustalis as a valid taxon.
Sophronia ? caeneusalis Walker, [1859]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 16: 94; TL: Moreton Bay [Queensland]. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso1618brit/page/94/mode/1up?view=theater
Bocana robustalis Walker, [1866]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 34: 1172 (preocc. Herminia robustalis Guenée, 1854); TL: Morty. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso3334brit/page/1172/mode/1up?view=theater
Aginna simulata Moore, 1882; In Hewitson & Moore. Description of new Indian Lepidopterous Insects from the collection of the late Mr. W. S. Atkinson. Pg. 195; TL: Bombay; Calcutta.
Libisosa obiana Swinhoe, 1919; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9) 4 (21): 123; TL: Obi. Text at https://archive.org/details/annalsmagazineof941919lond/page/123/mode/1up?view=theater
Simplicia robustalis; Hampson, FBI, Vol. 3, pg. 36, # 2797, Fig. 16. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120138#page/72/mode/1up
Simplicia caeneusalis; [POOLE]; Owada, 1992, Tinea 13 (18): 188;
Owada, M. 1992. Synonymic notes on the herminiine moths (Noctuidae) of Japan, with description of three new species, Tinea 13 (18) : 183-203. Pg. 188, Fig 42-47.
Synonymizes Bocana robustalis, Aginna simulata, Libisosa obiana, Simplicia lautokiensis and Simplicia ryukyuensis with Simplicia caeneusalis.
https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-17/herminiinae/herminiinae_22_3.php also confirms Simplicia caeneusalis as synonym.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/243955-Simplicia-cornicalis
http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=8339.1
https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Simplicia-cornicalis
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/herm/caeneusalis.html as Simplicia caeneusalis a synonym for Simplicia cornicalis
Chandra, K., Gupta, D., Gopi, K.C., Tripathy, B. and Kumar, V., 2018. Faunal Diversity of Indian Himalaya: 1-872. (Published by the Director, Zool. Surv. India, Kolkata). Lists Simplicia caeneusalis from the Indian Himalaya.
Extralimital species
Simplicia xanthonoma and Simplicia pseudoniphona are similar species (See Tinea 13 (18)).
Simplicia pseudeusalis Holloway and Simplicia acutivalva Holloway
(extralimital).
Simplicia butesalis (Walker, [1859]). Extralimital.
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