''Ctenucha'' (pronounced "ten-OOCH-ah") is a genus of moths in the family
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family (biology), 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 underwin ...
.
Etymology
The genus name ''Ctenucha'' was coined by
William Kirby from the
Greek
Greek may refer to:
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 of all kno ...
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
Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and wes ...
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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
''Ctenucha bruneri'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found on Cuba
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 ...
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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 Species description, first described by Richard Harper Stretch in 1872. It is a Diurnality, diurnal moth found in the US from cent ...
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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''
Grote, 1863 – Cresson's ctenucha
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Ctenucha cyaniris''
Hampson, 1898
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Ctenucha devisum
''Ctenucha'' (pronounced "ten-OOCH-ah") is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.
Etymology
The genus name ''Ctenucha'' was coined by William Kirby (entomologist), William Kirby from the English words of Greek origin, Greek meaning "having a ...
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(Walker, 1856)
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Ctenucha editha''
(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''
(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
''Ctenucha reducta'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the sou ...
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Ctenucha refulgens''
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Ctenucha reimoseri''
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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 rubrovenata''
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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
''Ctenucha togata'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1884. It is found in Mexico, Guatemala, Panama and Costa Rica
Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It ...
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(Druce, 1884)
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Ctenucha tucumana
''Ctenucha'' (pronounced "ten-OOCH-ah") is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.
Etymology
The genus name ''Ctenucha'' was coined by William Kirby (entomologist), William Kirby from the English words of Greek origin, Greek meaning "having a ...
''
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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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