Ctenucha
| Ctenucha | |
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| Ctenucha brunnea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Tribe: | Arctiini |
| Subtribe: | Ctenuchina |
| Genus: | Ctenucha Kirby, 1837[1] |
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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 rubriceps Walker, 1854
- Ctenucha rubroscapus (Ménétriés, 1857) – red-shouldered ctenucha, Walsingham's ctenucha
- Ctenucha rubrovenata
- 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]- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Ctenucha Kirby, 1837". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
- ↑ Acorn, J. H. & Sheldon, I. Bugs of Ontario Edmonton: Lone Pine Publ. 2003.
- ↑ The Century Dictionary. New York: The Century Company. 1895
External links
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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.