Taxonomic Information
Agrisius Walker, 1855 species known from the Indian region.
Agrisius albula Orhant, 1997. Myanmar.
Agrisius albafuliginosus Kirti & Singh, 2016. India: Arunachal Pradesh (TL).
Agrisius guttivitta Walker, 1855. E. Himalaya; Nepal.
Agrisius fuliginosus Moore, 1872. E. Himalaya; Nepal.
Agrisius excellens Dubatolov & Kishida, 2013. India: Arunachal Pradesh.
Agrisius neofuliginosus Kirti & Singh, 2016. Arunachal Pradesh.
Note: Transferred from Erebidae, Arctiinae to Nolidae, Eligminae based on Volynkin & Saldaitis (2022).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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- Agrisius fuliginosus Moore, 1872. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1872 (2): 571, pl. 33, f. 3; TL: India. Text at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen72zool/page/571/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen72zool/page/n641/mode/1up?view=theater
- Dubatolov, V.V., Kishida, Y., Wang, M. 2012: Two new species from the Agrisius guttivitta species group from Nanling Mts., Guangdong, South China (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae: Lithosiinae). Lepidoptera Science 63 (3): 116-118. Pdf
- Volynkin, V. V. & A. Saldaitis, 2022. Taxonomic review of the Agrisius guttivitta Walker species group with transfer of the genus Agrisius Walker to the family Nolidae Bruand and descriptions of five new species (Lepidoptera: Nolidae: Eligminae). Zootaxa, 5190(2), pp.241-256.
- jpmoth.org. Digital Moths of Asia. http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/77_Arctiidae/75.1%20Lithosiinae/3270Agrisius%20fuliginosus/Agrisius%20fuliginosus.htm [accessed August 2015]
Note: Transferred from Erebidae, Arctiinae to Nolidae, Eligminae based on Volynkin & Saldaitis (2022) (SS, 16 Nov 2024).
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Agrisius fuliginosus Moore, 1872 – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.11. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/agrisius-fuliginosus, accessed 2025/10/30.


