Taxonomic Information
Agrotis Ochsenheimer, 1816, species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Agrotis amphora (Hampson, 1903). Pakistan; India: Kashmir.
Agrotis arnoldi (Turati, 1933). Pakistan.
Agrotis beesoni Kapur & Aurora, 1971. India: Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Agrotis cuprea (Moore, 1867). India: West Bengal.
Agrotis duosigna (Hampson, 1903). India: Kashmir.
Agrotis justa Corti, 1932. Nepal.
Agrotis maculaclarus Plante, 1979. Nepal.
Agrotis nagyapo Ronkay & Varga, 1998. Nepal.
Agrotis punctipes Walker, 1865. Sri Lanka.
Agrotis fraterna Moore, 1882. India: Darjeeling, West Bengal, Punjab.
Agrotis myanmara Pekarsky, 2019. Myanmar.
Agrotis yoshimotoi Ronkay & Varga in Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998. Nepal.
Agrotis rupicapra Ronkay & Varga in Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998. Nepal.
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766). Indian subcontinent.
Agrotis biconica Kollar, [1844]. Indian subcontinent.
Agrotis indiana Guenée, 1852. Nepal; India: Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh.
Agrotis violacea (Butler, 1889). India: Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh.
Agrotis longidentifera (Hampson, 1903). Islands in Indian Ocean.
Agrotis sardzeana Brandt, 1941. Pakistan; India.
Agrotis subspinifera (Hampson, 1903). Pakistan; India.
Agrotis segetum (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775). India: North India.
Agrotis spinifera Hübner, 1808 – Gregson's dart moth. Indian Subcontinent. Considered junior synonym of Agrotis biconica Kollar, [1844].
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
- OD: Agrotis biconica Kollar, [1844]; in Hügel, Kaschmir und das Reich der Siek 4: 480; TL: Kashmir. Text at https://archive.org/details/kaschmirunddasr04hg/page/480/mode/1up?view=theater (in German).
- Agrotis exigua Kollar, [1844]; in Hügel, Kaschmir und das Reich der Siek 4: 481; TL: Massuri [Mussoorei]. Text at https://archive.org/details/kaschmirunddasr04hg/page/481/mode/1up?view=theater (in German).
- Agrotis aristifera Guenée, 1852. Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 5 (Noct. 1): 266; TL: Central India. Text at https://archive.org/details/histoirenaturell05bois/page/265/mode/1up?view=theater (in French).
- Kononenko, V. S., Pinratana, A. 2013. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuoidea Part 2: Addendum to Vol. 3, Part 1, Families Erebidae, Nolidae, Euteliidae, Noctuidae and Checklist. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand. 625 pp. + 55 pls.Pl. 54/6-7. As Agrotis spinifera (Hübner, [1808]).
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1994. Moths of Nepal. Part 3. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo.pg. 49, Pl. 83/15.
- https://www.leps.it/indexjs.htm?SpeciesPages/AgrotSpini.htm as Agrotis spinifera (Hübner, [1808])
- http://www.africanmoths.com/pages/NOCTUIIDAE/NOCTUINAE/Agrotis%20spinifera.html as Agrotis spinifera (Hübner, [1808]).
- https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=180391
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Agrotis biconica Kollar, [1844] – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.74. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/agrotis-biconica, accessed 2024/09/15.