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Simplicia extinctalis

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Species of moth

Simplicia extinctalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Simplicia
Species: S. extinctalis
Binomial name
Simplicia extinctalis
(Zeller, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Herminia extinctalis Zeller, 1852
  • Sophronia capalis Walker, 1859
  • Simplicia inarcualis Guenée, 1854

Simplicia extinctalis is a litter moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in most countries of subtropical Africa, from Sierra Leone to Somalia and from Ethiopia to South Africa, including some islands of the Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean, as well as in Yemen.

References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2016. Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (www.afromoths.net) (acc.05-Feb-2017)
Taxon identifiers
Simplicia extinctalis


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