Ctenucha

Ctenucha
Ctenucha brunnea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Tribe:	Arctiini
Subtribe:	Ctenuchina
Genus:	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

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

• 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

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

• 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.