''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 "unispec ...

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

genus in the subfamily Arctiinae erected by Francis Walker in 1865. It contains the single species ''Curoba sangarida'', first described by Caspar Stoll in 1782, which is found in southern

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

and

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

Description

Upperside: Antennae filiform and black.

Thorax The thorax or chest is a part of the anatomy of humans, 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 divisions of the cre ...

and

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

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 second pair of appendages of Chelicerata, chelicerates – a group of arthropods including spiders, scorpions, horseshoe crabs, and sea spiders. The pedipalps are lateral to the chelicerae ...

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, 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, is a species of flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae, native to southern India and Sri Lanka. It is most often found in south Indian region Malenadu and Kerala. Description It is an ...

'' (firecracker flower) File:Curoba sangarida Moth 02 LHP (2015.10.25).jpg, Hostplant: ''Crossandra infundibuliformis'' File:Curoba sangarida Moth 03 Eggs (2015.10.25).jpg, Eggs under the leaf File:Curoba sangarida Moth 04 Eggs (2015.10.25).jpg, Eggs File:Curoba sangarida Moth 05 Emerging Larva (2015.10.26).jpg, Emerging larva File:Curoba sangarida Moth 09 Larva (2015.10.31).jpg, Larva File:Curoba sangarida Moth 11 Larva (2015.11.02).jpg, Larva File:Curoba sangarida Moth 13 Pupa Shell (2015.11.13).jpg, Pupa shell File:Curoba sangarida Moth 14 Pupa (2015.11.13).jpg, Pupa File:Curoba sangarida Moth 16 Moth (2015.11.20).jpg, Upperside File:Curoba sangarida Moth 17 Moth (2015.11.20).jpg, Underside File:Curoba sangarida Moth 18 Moth (2015.11.20).jpg, Open wings File:Curoba sangarida Moth 19 Moth (2015.11.20).jpg, Open wings File:Illustrations of Exotic Entomology Callimorpha Mopsa.jpg, Illustration by Dru Drury

References

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