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Genus Ctenucha

Representative Images

bright daytime feeding moth - Ctenucha virginica Spotted Tussock Caterpillar Maybe? - Ctenucha virginica Ctenucha venosa - Ctenucha cressonana Arctiinae, Virginia Ctenucha, frontal - Ctenucha virginica Ctenucha virginica Cocoon - Ctenucha virginica Ctenucha virginica - female Moth - Ctenucha Ctenucha rubroscapus
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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)
Family Erebidae
Subfamily Arctiinae (Tiger and Lichen Moths)
Tribe Arctiini (Tiger Moths)
Subtribe Ctenuchina
Genus Ctenucha

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Ctenucha Kirby, 1837
Compsoprium Blanchard, 1852
Philoros Walker, 1854
Caralisa Walker, 1856
Euctenucha Grote, 1873

Numbers

Nearctica.com lists 6 spp.

Identification

Not easy to determine venosa from cressonana from a photo. Location and flight time helps.
C. cressonana has one flight from May - July and is in the higher mountain elevations.
… Maury J. Heiman, 5 September, 2010

Remarks

According to county reports in Butterflies and Moths of North America, the only sp. in the northeastern US is Ctenucha virginica.
Ctenucha rubroscapus ranges central CA north to Canada.
Ctenucha brunnea CA and AZ.
Ctenucha venosa central and southern states.
Ctenucha multifaria west coast.
Ctenucha cressonana AZ, UT, CO, NM and TX.

Print References

Packard, A.S. 1864. Notes on the Family Zygaenidae. Ctenucha. Proceedings of the Essex Institute 4: 33-40

Internet References

Butterflies and Moths of North America
MPG
Wikipedia
Contributed by Cotinis on 9 October, 2004 - 8:43am
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, john and jane balaban, Beatriz Moisset, Aaron Schusteff, Randy Hardy
Last updated 23 November, 2015 - 9:21am

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