Ctenucha

Genus of moths

Ctenucha

Ctenucha brunnea
Scientific classification
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Animalia

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Arthropoda

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Insecta

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Lepidoptera

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Erebidae

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Arctiinae

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Arctiini

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Ctenuchina

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Ctenucha

Kirby, 1837[1]

Synonyms

* Compsoprium Blanchard, 1852
* Philoros Walker, 1854
* Caralisa Walker, 1856
* Euctenucha Grote, 1873
* Philorus Zerny, 1912

Ctenucha (pronounced "ten-OOCH-ah")[2] is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.

## Etymology[edit]

The genus name Ctenucha was coined by William Kirby from the Greek meaning "having a comb", a reference to the showy antennae of some species.[3]

## Species[edit]

* Ctenucha affinis Druce, 1884
* Ctenucha albipars
* Ctenucha andrei
* Ctenucha annulata
* Ctenucha aymara (Schaus, 1892)
* Ctenucha biformis
* Ctenucha braganza (Schaus, 1892)
* Ctenucha bruneri
* Ctenucha brunnea Stretch, 1872 – brown ctenucha, brown-winged ctenucha
* Ctenucha cajonata
* Ctenucha circe (Cramer, [1780])
* Ctenucha clavia (Druce, 1883)
* Ctenucha cressonana Grote, 1863 – Cresson's ctenucha
* Ctenucha cyaniris Hampson, 1898
* Ctenucha devisum (Walker, 1856)
* Ctenucha editha (Walker, 1856)
* Ctenucha fosteri
* Ctenucha garleppi
* Ctenucha hilliana
* Ctenucha laura (Hampson, 1898)
* Ctenucha manuela
* Ctenucha mennisata
* Ctenucha mortia
* Ctenucha multifaria (Walker, 1854) – California ctenucha
* Ctenucha nana
* Ctenucha nantana
* Ctenucha neglecta (Boisduval, 1832)
* Ctenucha palmeira (Schaus, 1892)
* Ctenucha pohli
* Ctenucha popayana
* Ctenucha projecta Dognin
* Ctenucha quadricolor (Walker, 1866)
* Ctenucha reducta
* Ctenucha refulgens
* Ctenucha reimoseri
* Ctenucha rubrovenata
* Ctenucha rubriceps Walker, 1854
* Ctenucha rubroscapus (Ménétriés, 1857) – red-shouldered ctenucha, Walsingham's ctenucha
* Ctenucha ruficeps Walker, 1854
* Ctenucha schausi
* Ctenucha semistria (Walker, 1854)
* Ctenucha signata
* Ctenucha subsemistria
* Ctenucha tapajoza
* Ctenucha togata (Druce, 1884)
* Ctenucha tucumana
* Ctenucha venosa Walker, 1854 – veined ctenucha
* Ctenucha virginica (Esper, 1794) – Virginia ctenucha
* Ctenucha vittigerum (Blanchard, 1852)

## References[edit]

1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Ctenucha Kirby, 1837". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
2. ^ Acorn, J. H. & Sheldon, I. Bugs of Ontario Edmonton: Lone Pine Publ. 2003.
3. ^ The Century Dictionary. New York: The Century Company. 1895

## External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ctenucha.

Wikispecies has information related to Ctenucha.

* Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
* "Genus Ctenucha". BugGuide. Retrieved August 20, 2019.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q4543422
* Wikispecies: Ctenucha
* BioLib: 514872
* BOLD: 4373
* BugGuide: 7772
* ButMoth: 7567.0
* Fossilworks: 136335
* GBIF: 1814799
* iNaturalist: 63795
* IRMNG: 1280903
* ITIS: 188643
* LepIndex: 31305
* NCBI: 134351

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