Canucha curvaria
| Canucha curvaria | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Genus: | Canucha |
| Species: | C. curvaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Canucha curvaria Walker, 1866 | |
Canucha curvaria is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It was described by 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]
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