''Curoba'' is a

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ...

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

genus in the subfamily

Arctiinae The Arctiinae (formerly called the family Arctiidae) are a large and diverse subfamily of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species.Scoble, MJ. (1995). ''The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and D ...

erected by Francis Walker in 1865. It contains the single species ''Curoba sangarida'', first described by

Caspar Stoll Caspar Stoll (Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel, Hesse-Kassel, probably between 1725 and 1730 – Amsterdam, December 1791) was a naturalist and Entomology, entomologist, best known for the completion of ''De Uitlandsche Kapellen'', a work on butterfl ...

in 1782, which is found in southern

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and

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Description

Upperside: Antennae filiform and black.

Thorax The thorax (: thoraces or thoraxes) or chest is a part of the anatomy of mammals and other tetrapod animals located between the neck and the abdomen. In insects, crustaceans, and the extinct trilobites, the thorax is one of the three main di ...

and

abdomen The abdomen (colloquially called the gut, belly, tummy, midriff, tucky, or stomach) is the front part of the torso between the thorax (chest) and pelvis in humans and in other vertebrates. The area occupied by the abdomen is called the abdominal ...

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. Underside:

Palpi Pedipalps (commonly shortened to palps or palpi) are the secondary pair of forward appendages among chelicerates – a group of arthropods including spiders, scorpions, horseshoe crabs, and sea spiders. The pedipalps are lateral to the chelicera ...

grey. Breast red, with two black spots on each side. Legs grey. Wings coloured as on the upperside; the red colour on the inferior ones reaching to the body. Margins of the wings entire. Wingspan inches (44 mm).

Taxonomy

''Curoba'' is not a member of

Arctiidae The Arctiinae (formerly called the family Arctiidae) are a large and diverse subfamily of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species.Scoble, MJ. (1995). ''The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and D ...

, because females have no anal glands; according to male genitalia, it is related to a noctuid subfamily Eligminae.

Gallery

File:Curoba sangarida Moth 01 LHP (2015.10.25).jpg, Hostplant: ''

Crossandra infundibuliformis ''Crossandra infundibuliformis'', the firecracker flower or firecracker plant, is a species of flowering plant in the family (biology), family Acanthaceae. It is native to Angola, Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sri Lanka, India and the Democr ...

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References

* Arctiini Moths described in 1782 Descriptions from Illustrations of Exotic Entomology Monotypic moth genera Moths of Asia {{Arctiinae-stub