Simplicia extinctalis ( Zeller, 1852 )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 355-356

Simplicia extinctalis ( Zeller, 1852)

COMMON NAME (S): Litter moth.

SYNONYM(S): Simplicia inarcualis Guenée, 1854 ; Sophronia capalis Walker, 1859a ; Zanclognatha caffraria M̂schler, 1884; Simplicia inareolalis Fryer, 1912 .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Cabo Verde, Comoros, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia , Nigeria, Réunion, Saint Helena , Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Livingstone, in Southern Province ; Kafue and Lusaka, in Lusaka Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): A yet to be identified Geraniaceae species ( Pelargonium sp. ) is a host plant of the taxon in Saint Helena ( Karisch, 2001), while an Anacardiaceae species ( Mangifera indica L.) and a Cannabaceae species ( Cannabis sativa L.) are host plants of the taxon in the Réunion ( Bippus 2016b, 2018). Larval foodplants of the taxon also include two Fabaceae species (i.e. Acacia mearnsi De Wild. and Medicago sativa L.), an Oleaceae species ( Olea sp. ). a Rubiaceae species ( Coffea sp. ) and a Proteaceae species ( Macadamia sp. ).

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; Bippus 2016b; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Hampson 1910c; Karisch, 2001; Hacker 2021.