Lepidoptera > Noctuoidea > Erebidae > Herminiinae > Simplicia
Simplicia spp.
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- Early stages
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- Status, Habitat and Habits
- Larval Host Plants
- Similiar species
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Simplicia spp.
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Simplicia spp.: Oryza sativa, Cenchrus americanus, Sorghum bicolor, Dalbergia sissoo, Cassia fistula (Fabaceae), Camellia sinensis (Theaceae), Amaranthus (Amaranthaceae), Quercus serrata (Fagaceae), Cocos nucifera, Calamus, Metroxylon (Arecaceae), Mesua ferrea (Calophyllaceae), Theobroma cacao (Sterculiaceae), Coffea spp. (Rubiaceea), 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 |
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Similiar species:
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:
Lepidoptera > Noctuoidea > Erebidae > Herminiinae > Simplicia
Cite this page along with its URL as:
Anonymous. 2022. Simplicia spp. . 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/358349/Simplicia-spp.
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