About Simplicia cornicalis (Fabricius, 1794)
Simplicia cornicalis (Fabricius, 1794) has a wingspan ranging from 20 to 38 mm. Males have knotted, contorted antennae with a small tuft of scales at their midsection. This species has a tuft of long hair on the fore femur, and the sheath on the fore tibia is very long. Its body is primarily ochreous brown. On the forewings, there is a curved, crenulate postmedial line. There is almost no trace of dark suffusion inside the submarginal line, and the area beyond this line is ochreous brown. The hindwings have dark suffusion, and do not have the grey coloration found in related species. The larvae feed on dead leaves, and they can act as a pest for roofs built from dried palm leaves.
