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 (TL: Dharamsala).
Rivula auripalpis (Butler, 1889). India: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Dharamsala).
Rivula basalis Hampson, 1891. India: S. India, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, West Bengal; Sri Lanka; Nepal.
Rivula bioculalis Moore, 1877. India: Uttarakhand, Delhi, Goa, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Andaman Is. (TL: Port Blair); Sri Lanka.
Rivula cognata Hampson, 1912. W. & S. India, Maharshtra, Karnataka; Sri Lanka.
Rivula curvifera (Walker, 1862). W. & S. India, Arunachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra; Sri Lanka.
Rivula cyanepuncta Hampson, 1907. Bhutan.
Rivula leucosticta Swinhoe, 1895. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Rivula microcyma Hampson, 1926. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Rivula microsticta Hampson, 1926. Bhutan.
Rivula niveipuncta Swinhoe, 1905. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Rivula ochracea (Moore, 1882). India: West Bengal (TL: Calcutta), Meghalaya.
Rivula pallida Moore, 1882. India: Kolkata, West Bengal; Sri Lanka.
Rivula plumipes Hampson, 1907. Sri Lanka.
Rivula sordida (Walker, [1863]. India: NE India.
Rivula striatura Swinhoe, 1895. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills).
Rivula sericealis (Scopoli, 1763). India; Sri Lanka. Rivula ochracea (Moore, 1882) is a treated as synonym.
Rivula simulatrix Hampson, 1912. India: Maharashtra; Sri Lanka.
Rivula trilineata Moore, 1888. India: Himachal Pradesh (TL: Dharamsala), Meghalaya, West Bengal.
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- 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
- 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.
- Erastria securifera Walker, [1863] 1864. J. Proc. Linn. Soc. (Zool), 7: 58.
- 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
- 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.
- https://lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Rivula_curvifera_En
- http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/rivu/curvifera.html
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-17/rivulinae/rivulinae_1_15.php
- https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=283460
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/523584-Rivula-curvifera
- http://www.jpmoth.org/Noctuidae/Rivulinae/Rivula_curvifera.html
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Rivula curvifera (Walker, 1862) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.11. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/Rivula-curvifera, accessed 2026/03/19.