Ctenucha

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Arctiini
Subtribus: Ctenuchina
Genus: Ctenucha
Species: C. abbreviata – C. affinis – C. affinis – C. albipars – C. albolineata – C. andrei – C. annulata – C. argentiniana – C. augusta – C. aymara – C. biformis – C. braganza – C. bruneri – C. brunnea – C. cajonata – C. chreovenata – C. circe – C. clavia – C. corvina – C. cressonana – C. cyaniris – C. devisum – C. ecuadorica – C. editha – C. fosteri – C. garleppi – C. hilliana – C. jonesi – C. lativitta – C. latreilliana – C. lutea – C. luteoscapus – C. manuela – C. marita – C. mennisata – C. mortia – C. multifaria – C. nana – C. nantana – C. nivosa – C. obscurata – C. ochroscapus – C. palmeira – C. peruviana – C. pohli – C. popayana – C. projecta – C. pylotis – C. reducta – C. reductana – C. reductella – C. refulgens – C. reimoseri – C. rubicunda – C. rubroscapa – C. rubrovenata – C. ruficeps – C. sanguinaria – C. schausi – C. semistria – C. signata – C. subsemistria – C. tapajoza – C. tigrina – C. togata – C. tucumana – C. venosa – C. virginica – C. vittigerum – C. walsinghami
Name

Ctenucha Kirby, 1837

Ctenucha brunnea

References

Lafontaine, J.D. & Schmidt, B.C. 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. Zookeys 40: 1–239. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.40.414 Reference page.

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

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

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.