Ctenucha (pronounced "ten-OOCH-ah")Acorn, J. H. & Sheldon, I. Bugs of Ontario Edmonton: Lone Pine Publ. 2003. 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.The Century Dictionary. New York: The Century Company. 1895
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, ) 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)
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