Simplicia bimarginata

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Simplicia bimarginata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Simplicia
Species:
S. bimarginata
Binomial name
Simplicia bimarginata
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Culicula bimarginataWalker, 1864
  • Simplicia? infaustaFelder & Rogenhofer, 1874

Simplicia bimarginata is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, [1] Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo, the Philippines and Sulawesi. [2]

Adult wingspan is 18 mm. Forewing greyish with irregular fasciae. Males have the forewing costa slightly concave. There are pale brown hair-pencils in forelegs. [3] [4] Weak antemedial and post-medial line. Hindwing with a similar sub-marginal line. [5]

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References

  1. Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57 via Academia.
  2. "Simplicia bimarginata (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  3. "Simplicia bimarginata Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  4. "Simplicia griseolimbalis Snellen". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  5. "Eight new records of the family Erebidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea) from India" (PDF). Journal of Threatened Taxa. Retrieved 28 March 2018.