Simplicia erebina (Butler, 1887)
 (previously known as Aginna erebina)
HERMINIINAE
EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Simplicia erebina
female
(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Mission Beach, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species is brown with a submarginal pale-edged dark line, and a dark zigzag line across the middle, of each wing. The submarginal line is straight on the forewings, and slightly curved on each hindwing. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

Simplicia erebina
male
(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Mission Beach, Queensland)

The male and female are similar, but the male has hairier legs.

Simplicia erebina
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

This species can be found in the south-west Pacific, including

  • New Guinea,
  • Philippines,

    as well as in Australia in:

  • Northern Territory,
  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.

    Simplicia erebina
    underside of male
    (Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Mission Beach, Queensland)

    Further reading:

    Arthur G. Butler,
    Description of New Species of Moths (Noctuites) from the Solomon Islands,
    The Annals and Magazine of Natural History,
    Series 5, Volume 19 (1887), p. 437, No. 10.

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    (updated 9 April 2011, 2 October 2025)