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Omiodes simialis

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 27, 2026
Entity authorityQ13918856 ↗
Source-derived summary

Omiodes simialis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Achille Guenée in 1854. It is found in Brazil, Venezuela, French Guiana, the West Indies (Cuba, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola), Honduras, Costa Rica and Florida.

The wingspan is about 31 mm. Adults are on wing in March, May, August and from October to December in Florida.

The larvae feed on Dalbergia ecastaphyllum.

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The public source identifies “Omiodes simialis” as species of insect. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Omiodes, simialis and species.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1854—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Omiodes, simialis and species providing the first useful test.
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Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q13918856. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1854.

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This entry incorporates text from “Omiodes simialis” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.