Butterflies and Moths of the World Generic Names and their Type-species

Genus:
Ctenucha Kirby, 1837 , in Richardson. Fauna bor.-amer. 4 : 305.

Status:
Available Name

Homonyms: 1

Higher classification:
NOCTUOIDEA : ARCTIIDAE : ARCTIINAE

Type-species:
Ctenucha latreillana Kirby , 1837 , in Richardson Fauna bor.-amer. 4 : 305. .

Type-species designation:
by monotypy

Type specimens:
Type(s), CANADA: Nova Scotia.

Notes:
Watson, Fletcher & Nye (1980) stated:-

C. latreillana is a junior subjective synonym of Sphinx virginica Charpentier, 1830, in Esper, Ausl. Schmett. 2 (Suppl.): pl.2, figs 3, 4.

CTENUCHA was included within the subfamily ARCTIIDAE: ARCTIINAE by Kitching & Rawlins, in Kristensen (1999).