Canucha curvaria

(Canucha curvaria)

Description

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

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Drepanidae
Genus:Canucha
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