Curoba

Upperside: Antennae filiform and black. Thorax and abdomen chocolate, the latter edged with red. Anterior wings entirely of a dun chocolate colour, having a lemon-coloured streak crossing them from the lower corners to near the middle of the anterior edges. Posterior wings next the body almost black; the remainder carmine, with a waved black line crossing them from the upper to the abdominal corners.^[2]

Underside: Palpi grey. Breast red, with two black spots on each side. Legs grey. Wings coloured as on the upperside; the red colour on the inferior ones reaching to the body. Margins of the wings entire. Wingspan 1+3⁄4 inches (44 mm).^[3]

Curoba is not a member of Arctiidae, because females have no anal glands; according to male genitalia, it is related to a noctuid subfamily Eligminae.^{[citation needed]}

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  Hostplant: Crossandra infundibuliformis (firecracker flower)
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  Hostplant: Crossandra infundibuliformis
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  Eggs under the leaf
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  Eggs
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  Emerging larva
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  Larva
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  Larva
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  Pupa shell
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  Pupa
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  Upperside
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  Underside
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  Open wings
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  Open wings
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  Illustration by Dru Drury