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Simplicia extinctalis

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.

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Simplicia extinctalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
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.1

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