Rivula curvifera (Walker, 1862) (formerly known as Hydrelia curvifera) RIVULINAE EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art

The adult moths of this species have greenish-brown forewings each with dirty-looking white markings, including a broad subcostal line, a submarginal arc, and a hooked line from mid-costa to wingtip. The hindwings are pale brown, darkening toward the margins. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in

Queensland.

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Further reading :

Francis Walker,
Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera in the collection of W.W. Saunders, Esq.,
Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London,
3rd Series, Volume 1 (1862), p. 91.

Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 166.

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(written 18 May 2016, updated 8 March 2019)