Simplicia inareolalis

Simplicia inareolalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Herminiinae
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]

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]

References

  1. ↑ afromoths
  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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