Curoba

Curoba
	Curoba sangarida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Subkingdom:	Eumetazoa
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Division:	Ditrysia
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.^{[citation needed]}