''Ctenucha'' (pronounced "ten-OOCH-ah") is a genus of moths in the family
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...
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Etymology
The genus name ''Ctenucha'' was coined by
William Kirby from the
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
meaning "having a comb", a reference to the showy
antennae of some species.
[''The Century Dictionary''. New York: The Century Company. 1895]
Species
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Ctenucha affinis
''Ctenucha affinis'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1884. It is found in Guatemala
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Druce, 1884
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Ctenucha albipars''
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Ctenucha andrei''
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Ctenucha annulata''
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Ctenucha aymara''
(Schaus, 1892)
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Ctenucha biformis''
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Ctenucha braganza''
(Schaus, 1892)
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Ctenucha bruneri''
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Ctenucha brunnea
''Ctenucha brunnea'', the brown ctenucha or brown-winged ctenucha, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Richard Harper Stretch in 1872. It is found in the US from central to southern coastal California.
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Stretch, 1872 – brown ctenucha, brown-winged ctenucha
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Ctenucha cajonata''
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Ctenucha circe''
(Cramer, 780
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Ctenucha clavia''
(Druce, 1883)
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Ctenucha cressonana
''Ctenucha cressonana'', or Cresson's ctenucha, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1863. It is found in the US Rocky Mountains, including Colorado and New Mexico.
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Grote, 1863 – Cresson's ctenucha
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Ctenucha cyaniris''
Hampson, 1898
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Ctenucha devisum
''Ctenucha devisum'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is found in São Paulo in Brazil and in Argentina
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(Walker, 1856)
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Ctenucha editha
''Ctenucha editha'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is found on Haiti
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(Walker, 1856)
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Ctenucha fosteri''
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Ctenucha garleppi''
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Ctenucha hilliana''
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Ctenucha laura
''Ctenucha laura'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1898. It is found in Bolivia
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(Hampson, 1898)
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Ctenucha manuela''
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Ctenucha mennisata''
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Ctenucha mortia''
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Ctenucha multifaria''
(Walker, 1854) – California ctenucha
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Ctenucha nana''
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Ctenucha nantana''
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Ctenucha neglecta''
(Boisduval, 1832)
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Ctenucha palmeira''
(Schaus, 1892)
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Ctenucha pohli''
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Ctenucha popayana''
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Ctenucha projecta''
Dognin
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Ctenucha quadricolor''
(Walker, 1866)
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Ctenucha reducta''
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Ctenucha refulgens''
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Ctenucha reimoseri''
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Ctenucha rubrovenata''
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Ctenucha rubriceps''
Walker, 1854
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Ctenucha rubroscapus''
(Ménétriés, 1857) – red-shouldered ctenucha, Walsingham's ctenucha
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Ctenucha ruficeps''
Walker, 1854
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Ctenucha schausi''
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Ctenucha semistria''
(Walker, 1854)
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Ctenucha signata''
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Ctenucha subsemistria''
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Ctenucha tapajoza''
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Ctenucha togata''
(Druce, 1884)
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Ctenucha tucumana''
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Ctenucha venosa''
Walker, 1854 – veined ctenucha
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Ctenucha virginica''
(Esper, 1794) – Virginia ctenucha
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Ctenucha vittigerum''
(Blanchard, 1852)
References
External links
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Ctenuchina
Moth genera
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