Simplicia bimarginata

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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]

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