Taxonomic Information
Agassiziella Yoshiyasu, 1989 species known from the Indian subregion.
Agassiziella alicialis (Hampson, 1906). Sri Lanka (Ceylon).
Agassiziella angulipennis (Hampson, 1891). Nilgiris
Agassiziella albidivisa (Warren, [1896]). Meghalaya.
Agassiziella dianale (Hampson, 1893). Sri Lanka (Ceylon).
Agassiziella fuscifusale (Hampson, 1893).
Agassiziella hapilista (Swinhoe, 1892). Meghalaya
Agassiziella niveinotatum (Hampson, 1893).Sri Lanka (Ceylon).
Agassiziella picalis (Guenée, 1854). TL:C. India, Meghalaya.
https://zsispeciespage.com/product-category/animalia/bilateria/arthropoda-bilateria/insecta-arthropoda/lepidoptera/crambidae/agassiziella for 4 Agassiziella species.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Agassiziella picalis -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Kerala | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Maharashtra | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Meghalaya | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
- OD: Hydrocampa picalis Guenée, 1854. Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 8: 274; TL: Inde centrale. Text at https://archive.org/details/histoirenaturell08bois/page/274/mode/1up?view=theater
- Oligostigma picale Guenée In: Butler, A. G. 1893. Illustration of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the British Museum Part 9, pg 177, Pl 174 fig 23. Text at https://archive.org/details/illustrationsoft09brituoft/page/177/mode/1up?view=theater & Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180014#page/229/mode/1upt
- Oligostigma picale Guenée In: Hampson, G. F. 1896. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.4. Taylor & Francis, London. Pyralidae 594 p - 287 figs. pg 210 #4678. Good match to described female.
- Agassiziella picalis Guenée In: Speidel & Mey, 1999, Catalogue of the Oriental Acentropiinae (Lepidoptera, Crambidae). Tijdschr. Ent. 142: 125-142, Figs. 1-3. Pg.131. Text at https://archive.org/details/tijdschriftvoore1999nede/page/131/mode/1up?view=theater
- https://zsispeciespage.com/Species/agassiziella-picalis-guene-1854
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1187268-Agassiziella-picalis
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Agassiziella picalis (Guenée, 1854) – . 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/index.php/agassiziella-picalis, accessed 2025/11/06.