Simplicia moorei Swinhoe, 1919

Raha, Angshuman, Sanyal, Abesh Kumar & Singh, Navneet, 2025, On the taxonomy of genus Simplicia Guenée, with a new species from India (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Herminiinae), Zootaxa 5631 (3), pp. 451-474 : 461

Simplicia moorei Swinhoe, 1919

( Figs. 7–8, 36–37)

Simplicia moorei Swinhoe, 1919 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 4 (21): 122 (repl. for Nabartha marginata Moore, [1885] ). ( TL: Ceylon [ Sri Lanka])

Nabartha marginata Moore, [1885] , The Lepidoptera of Ceylon: 234, pl. 177 (preocc. Bocana marginata Moore, 1882 ). ( TL: Ceylon [ Sri Lanka])

Material examined: India, Odisha, Ganjam Dist.: 1 ♂, Budhakhola Temple ( 19º49'14.2"N, 84º49'18.3"E, Alt. 235 m), 01.x.2021, S.K. Shah leg.

Diagnosis: Forewing length: ♂ 17 mm. The diagnosis of this species is discussed under S. bimarginata .

Distribution: India: Indian subregion, Odisha ( Holloway 1982, present study). Global: Indonesia ( Sumatra), Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand ( Holloway 1982, 2008; Lödl 1999; Kononenko & Pinratana 2013).

Remark: The earlier record of this species from India by Holloway (1982) was mentioned from the Indian subregion. The present study confirms its first time occurrence form a particular locality in India. The species inhabits lowland to upper montane forests up to 2000 m, like S. bimarginata ( Kononenko & Pinratana 2013) .