Curticella approximans

{{short description|Species of fly}}

{{speciesbox

|genus = Curticella

|species = approximans

|authority = (Walker, 1860){{cite journal|last1=Walker|first1=Francis|title=Catalogue of the dipterous insects collected at Makessar in Celebes, by Mr. A. R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species|journal=Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society. Zoology.|date=1860|volume=4|issue=14|pages=90–96|url=http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/files/17234/E001461372.pdf|publisher=The Linnean Society|location=London|doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.1859.tb00089.x}}

|display_parents = 3

|synonyms = *Trypeta approximans Walker, 1860

}}

Curticella approximans is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Curticella of the family Tephritidae.{{cite journal |last1=Norrbom |first1=A.L. |last2=Carroll |first2=L.E. |last3=Thompson |first3=F.C. |last4=White |first4=I.M |last5=Freidberg |first5=A. |title=Systematic Database of Names. Pp. 65-252. In Thompson, F. C. (ed.), Fruit Fly Expert Identification System and Systematic Information Database. |journal=Myia |date=1999 |volume=9 |pages=vii + 524}}