Lepidoptera > Noctuoidea > Erebidae > Herminiinae > Simplicia
Simplicia bimarginata (Walker, [1864])
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Simplicia bimarginata
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Simplicia bimarginata (Walker, [1864]): Detritophagous*, Coffea spp. (Rubiaceea), Calamus spp., Metroxylon spp. (Arecaceae), Eugenia spp. (Myrtaceae), Hevea spp. (Euphorbiaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010)
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
Adult moth observations that have been databased:
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerala | ||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | ||||||||||||
| All states |
Similiar species:
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 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, Kolkatta.
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).
References:
- 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]
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Anonymous. 2022. Simplicia bimarginata (Walker, [1864]). In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Moths of India, v. 3.30. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.mothsofindia.org/sp/357672/Simplicia-bimarginata
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