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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Simplicia |
| Species: | S. mistacalis
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| Simplicia mistacalis (Guenée, 1854)
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Simplicia mistacalis is a litter moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Asia from India,[1] Sri Lanka[2], to Taiwan and New Guinea, including China, Myanmar, Japan, Philippines and Malaysia.[3]
Description
Wingspan is about 24-26mm. Fore wings much broader. The outer margin less oblique. Raised tufts are slight. Body pale ochreous brown. Fore wings with indistinct oblique antemedial line and indistinct postmedial line. There is a prominent oblique white line runs from apex to inner margin beyond the middle, with a diffused dark inner edge.[4]
References
- ^ Hewitson & Moore, 1882. New Indian Lepidopterous Insects from the Collection of the late Mr.W.S.Atkinson.
- ^ "Koçak,A.Ö. & M. Kemal,2012, Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". academia. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ^ ftp.funet.fi
- ^ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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