Canucha curvaria explained

Canucha curvaria is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1866.^[1] It is found on Misool Island in New Guinea and on the Solomon Islands.^[2]

Adults are pale ochreous, the wings with indistinct ochreous specks and with some more conspicuous black specks, mostly along the exterior border. The veins are whitish and there is a whitish undulating line from near the tips of the forewings to a little beyond the middle of the interior border of the hindwings.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Beccaloni . George . etal . February 2005 . Scientific name search . The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum, London.
2. Web site: Savela . Markku . Canucha curvaria Walker, 1866 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . February 4, 2018.
3. https://archive.org/stream/listofspecimenso35brit#page/1574/mode/1up/search/Canucha+curvaria List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 35: 1754