Simplicia cornicalis

Simplicia cornicalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Simplicia
Species: S. cornicalis
Binomial name
Simplicia cornicalis
(Fabricius, 1794)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena cornicalis Fabricius, 1794
  • Nodaria cornicalis (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Herminia cinerealis Walker, 1866
  • Simplicia caeneusalis (Walker, [1859])
  • Sophronia caeneusalis Walker, 1859
  • Bocana robustalis Walker, 1866
  • Aginna simulata Moore, 1882
  • Libisosa obiana Swinhoe, 1919
  • Simplicia lautokiensis A.E. Prout, 1933
  • Simplicia ryukyuensis Sugi, 1965
  • Simplicia buffetti Holloway, 1977


Simplicia cornicalis is a litter moth of the Erebidae family. It is found in south-eastern Asia and the Pacific. Records include New Caledonia, Réunion, Thailand, Fiji, Hawaii, India, the Society Islands, as well as New South Wales and Queensland in Australia. It is an introduced species in southern Florida and Louisiana.

The wingspan is 20–30 mm.

The larvae feed on dead leaves, and can be a pest for roofs constructed of dried palm leaves.

Taxonomy

Simplicia caeneusalis was placed in synonymy with Simplicia cornicalis by Holloway in 2008 after examination of the genitalia of the type in Copenhagen.

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