Simplicia inareolalis

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Simplicia inareolalis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Clade: Euarthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Simplicia
Species:S. inareolalis
Binomial name
Simplicia inareolalis
Fryer, 1912

Simplicia inareolalis is a litter moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in the Seychelles on Mahé and Silhouette islands. [1]

Erebidae family of insects

The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings (Catocala); litter moths (Herminiinae); tiger, lichen, and wasp moths (Arctiinae); tussock moths (Lymantriinae), including the arctic woolly bear moth ; piercing moths ; micronoctuoid moths (Micronoctuini); snout moths (Hypeninae); and zales, though many of these common names can also refer to moths outside the Erebidae. Some of the erebid moths are called owlets.

Seychelles island country to the East of Africa

Seychelles, officially the Republic of Seychelles, is an archipelago country in the Indian Ocean. The capital of the 115-island country, Victoria, lies 1,500 kilometres (932 mi) east of mainland East Africa. Other nearby island countries and territories include Comoros, Mayotte, Madagascar, Réunion and Mauritius to the south; as well as the Maldives and British Indian Ocean Territory to the east. With a population of roughly 94,228, it has the smallest population of any sovereign African country.

In markings and general appearance this species resembles to Simplicia inflexalis but with the notable difference that it does not bear a trace of an areole. [2]

Simplicia inflexalis is a litter moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in most countries of subtropical Africa, and is known from Congo, Kenya, South Africa, La Réunion, Madagascar and Mauritius.

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References

  1. ↑ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Simplicia inareolalis Fryer, 1912". Afromoths. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  2. ↑ Fryer, 1912. The Lepidoptera of Seychelles and Aldabra, exclusive of the Orneodidae and Pterophoridae and of the Tortricina and Tineina. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (2)15(Zool.)(1):1–28; pl. 1, fig.8 - on page 12


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