Subspecies in India
Two subspecies are known from India.
Polyscia argentilinea argentilinea (Moore, 1868) (Drepanodes). India: Meghalaya, Sikkim, West Bengal.
Polyscia argentilinea eugraphes (Prout, 1923) (Pseudomiza). India: Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal; Myanmar [Burma] (TL).
Taxonomic Information
Polyscia Warren, 1896 species known from India.
Polyscia argentilinea (Moore, 1868). India: Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Sikkim, West Bengal. ; Nepal; Myanmar [Burma] (TL).
Polyscia ochrilinea Warren, 1896. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills); Nepal.
Polyscia viridispurca Prout, 1927. India: NE Himalaya; Borneo (TL).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Similar species: Polyscia ochrilinea Warren, 1896
- Polyscia ochrilinea Warren, 1896 from Khasi Hills.
- Heteromiza ochrilinea Warren 1896. JBNHS, Vol. 11, 1897-98. P. 719.
- Polyscia ochrilinea Warren, 1896. Nov. Zool. III., P. 148. Text at https://archive.org/stream/novitateszoologi03lond#page/148/mode/1up
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- OD: Pseudomiza argentilinea eugraphes Prout, 1923. On new species and forms of Geometridae. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. (9), xi, 320. P. 303-322. TL: Htawgaw, Myanmar. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/107006#page/344/mode/1up.
- Drepanodes argentilinea Moore, 1867. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 3: 617. TL: Bengal.
- Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs. Pg. 237, # 3331 as Heteromiza argentilinea.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 2000. Moths of Nepal. Part 6. TINEA. Vol. 16 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo.Pg. 106.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1998. Moths of Nepal. Part 5. TINEA. Vol. 15 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 130/1 as Pseudomiza argentilinea.
- http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=224240
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Polyscia argentilinea Moore, [1868]) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.9. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://mothsofindia.org/polyscia-argentilinea, accessed 2025/04/23.