Ctenucha (pronounced "ten-OOCH-ah") 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.
Species
- Ctenucha affinis <small>Druce, 1884</small>
- Ctenucha albipars
- Ctenucha andrei
- Ctenucha annulata
- Ctenucha aymara <small>(Schaus, 1892)</small>
- Ctenucha biformis
- Ctenucha braganza <small>(Schaus, 1892)</small>
- Ctenucha bruneri
- Ctenucha brunnea <small>Stretch, 1872</small> â brown ctenucha, brown-winged ctenucha
- Ctenucha cajonata
- Ctenucha circe <small>(Cramer, [1780])</small>
- Ctenucha clavia <small>(Druce, 1883)</small>
- Ctenucha cressonana <small>Grote, 1863</small> â Cresson's ctenucha
- Ctenucha cyaniris <small>Hampson, 1898</small>
- Ctenucha devisum <small>(Walker, 1856)</small>
- Ctenucha editha <small>(Walker, 1856)</small>
- Ctenucha fosteri
- Ctenucha garleppi
- Ctenucha hilliana
- Ctenucha laura <small>(Hampson, 1898)</small>
- Ctenucha manuela
- Ctenucha mennisata
- Ctenucha mortia
- Ctenucha multifaria <small>(Walker, 1854)</small> â California ctenucha
- Ctenucha nana
- Ctenucha nantana
- Ctenucha neglecta <small>(Boisduval, 1832)</small>
- Ctenucha palmeira <small>(Schaus, 1892)</small>
- Ctenucha pohli
- Ctenucha popayana
- Ctenucha projecta <small>Dognin</small>
- Ctenucha quadricolor <small>(Walker, 1866)</small>
- Ctenucha reducta
- Ctenucha refulgens
- Ctenucha reimoseri
- Ctenucha rubriceps <small>Walker, 1854</small>
- Ctenucha rubroscapus <small>(Ménétriés, 1857)</small> â red-shouldered ctenucha, Walsingham's ctenucha
- Ctenucha rubrovenata
- Ctenucha ruficeps <small>Walker, 1854</small>
- Ctenucha schausi
- Ctenucha semistria <small>(Walker, 1854)</small>
- Ctenucha signata
- Ctenucha subsemistria
- Ctenucha tapajoza
- Ctenucha togata <small>(Druce, 1884)</small>
- Ctenucha tucumana
- Ctenucha venosa <small>Walker, 1854</small> â veined ctenucha
- Ctenucha virginica <small>(Esper, 1794)</small> â Virginia ctenucha
- Ctenucha vittigerum <small>(Blanchard, 1852)</small>
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