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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Herminiinae |
Genus: | Simplicia Guenée, 1854 |
Synonyms | |
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Simplicia is a genus of litter moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Achille Guenée in 1854. [1] [2]
Its palpi are sickle shaped, with the second joint reaching above the vertex of the head. Third joint long and naked. Antennae minutely ciliated in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Fore tibia of male covered by a sheath containing masses of flocculent (wooly) scales. Forewings with somewhat acute apex. Areole very narrow with vein 10 given off far beyond it in male and from it in female. The discocellulars almost obsolete. Hindwings with vein 5 from near lower angle of cell. [3]
Idia is a genus of litter moths of the family Erebidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1813.
Mursa is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae.
Renia is a genus of litter moths of the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1854.
Palthis is a genus of litter moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1825.
Lascoria is a genus of litter moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1859.
Hypenula is a genus of litter moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1876.
Baniana is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was previously classified in the subfamily Calpinae of the family Noctuidae.
Bleptina is a genus of litter moths of the family Erebidae. It was erected by Achille Guenée in 1854.
Chytolita is a monotypic litter moth genus of the family Erebidae erected by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1873. Its only species, Chytolita morbidalis, the morbid owlet moth or morbid owlet, was first described by Achille Guenée in 1854. It is found in large parts of North America, from coast to coast in the north and south to North Carolina, Texas and Florida in the west. The habitat consists of deciduous woods and edges.
Zanclognatha is a genus of litter moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Julius Lederer in 1857.
Isogona is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.
Dichromia is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1854.
Homodes is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.
Hydrillodes is a genus of litter moths of the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1854. Its validity is somewhat disputed.
Hypenodes is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae erected by Henry Doubleday in 1850.
Oruza is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae erected by Francis Walker in 1862.
Phalaenophana is a genus of litter moths of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1873.
Phytometra is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1809.
Asota is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Species are widely distributed throughout Africa, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, the Malayan region and tropical parts of the Australian region.