Rivula curvifera (Walker, 1862) -

Taxonomic Information

Rivula Guenée, [1845] species known from the Indian subcontinent. 
Rivula aequalis (Walker, 1863). S. India; Sri Lanka.
Rivula albistriga (Hampson, 1893). Sri Lanka.
Rivula anaemica Hampson, 1926. India: Himachal Pradesh. 
Rivula auripalpis (Butler, 1889). India: Himachal Pradesh.
Rivula basalis Hampson, 1891. S. India; Sri Lanka.
Rivula bioculalis Moore, 1877. India; Sri Lanka.
Rivula cognata Hampson, 1912. W. & S. India; Sri Lanka.
Rivula curvifera (Walker, 1862). W. & S. India; Sri Lanka.
Rivula cyanepuncta Hampson, 1907. Bhutan. 
Rivula leucosticta Swinhoe, 1895. India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Rivula microcyma Hampson, 1926. India: Assam. 
Rivula microsticta Hampson, 1926. Bhutan. 
Rivula niveipuncta Swinhoe, 1905. India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Rivula pallida Moore, 1882. India: Kolkata, West Bengal; Sri Lanka.
Rivula plumipes Hampson, 1907. Sri Lanka.
Rivula striatura Swinhoe, 1895. India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Rivula sericealis (Scopoli, 1763). India; Sri Lanka. Rivula ochracea (Moore, 1882) is a treated as synonym. 
Rivula simulatrix Hampson, 1912. India; Sri Lanka.
Rivula trilineata Moore, 1888. Himalayas.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh1
Arunachal Pradesh1
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
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Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
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  1. Hydrelia ? curvifera Walker, 1862. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3), 1:91. TL: Ceylon. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32121024#page/133/mode/1up
  2. Naranga curvifera, Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs. Pg 33, #2100.
  3. Erastria securifera Walker, [1863] 1864. J. Proc. Linn. Soc. (Zool), 7: 58.
  4. Hyela senna Swinhoe, 1891. New species of moths from Southern India. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond., 1891: 148, Pl. 8/14. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33776988#page/248/mode/1up. Plate at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33776988#page/649/mode/1up
  5. Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2013. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuoidea Part 2: Addendum to Vol. 3, Part 1, Families Erebidae, Nolidae, Euteliidae, Noctuidae and Checklist. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 625 pp. + 55 pls. Pl. 5, fig. 56.
  6. https://lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Rivula_curvifera_En
  7. http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/rivu/curvifera.html
  8. https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-17/rivulinae/rivulinae_1_15.php
  9. https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=283460
  10. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/523584-Rivula-curvifera
  11. http://www.jpmoth.org/Noctuidae/Rivulinae/Rivula_curvifera.html

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Rivula curvifera (Walker, 1862) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.73. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://moths.ncbs.res.in/Rivula-curvifera, accessed 2024/04/28.