Curoba

Curoba
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Curoba
Walker, [1865]
Species: C. sangarida
Binomial name
Curoba sangarida
(Stoll, [1782])
Synonyms
  • Phalaena sangarida Stoll, [1782]
  • Phalaena (Noctua) mopsa Drury, 1782
  • Curoba fasciata Walker, [1865]

Curoba is a genus of moths in the family Arctiidae. It contains the single species Curoba sangarida, which is found in southern India and Sri Lanka.[1]

Description

Upper Side. Antennae filiform and black. Thorax and abdomen chocolate, the latter edged with red. Anterior wings entirely of a dun chocolate colour, having a lemon-coloured streak crossing them from the lower corners to near the middle of the anterior edges. Posterior wings next the body almost black; the remainder carmine, with a waved black line crossing them from the upper to the abdominal corners.[2]

Under Side. Palpi grey. Breast red, with two black spots on each side. Legs grey. Wings coloured as on the upper side; the red colour on the inferior ones reaching to the body. Margins of the wings entire. Wing-span 1¾ inches (44 mm).[3]

Taxonomy

Curoba is not a member of Arctiidae, because females have no anal glands; according to male genitalia, it is related to a noctuid subfamily Eligminae.

References

  1. ↑ Curoba at funet
  2. ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  3. ↑ Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John, ed. Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. 3. pp. 24-5. pl. III.



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