Ctenucha venosa: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Erebidae
- Genus
- Ctenucha
- Species
- Ctenucha venosa
- Scientific Name
- Ctenucha venosa
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Ctenucha venosa
Ctenucha venosa, the veined ctenucha moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in the US from southern Nevada and Arizona to Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas, as well as in Mexico, Guatemala, Panama and Venezuela.
The length of the forewings is 14–16 mm. There are several generations per year with adults on wing from April to November.
The larvae feed on various plants, including grasses. Notably, Bouteloua curtipendula (Sideoats grama).
...Ctenucha venosa in languages:
- English
- Veined Ctenucha Moth
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Ctenucha _affinis_
- Ctenucha affinis
- Ctenucha albipars
- Ctenucha andrei
- Ctenucha annulata
- Ctenucha bimaculata
- Ctenucha braganza
- Ctenucha bruneri
- Ctenucha brunnea
- Ctenucha circe
- Ctenucha clavia
- Ctenucha cressonana
- Ctenucha cyaniris
- Ctenucha divisa
- Ctenucha editha
- Ctenucha hilliana
- Ctenucha jonesi
- Ctenucha manuela
- Ctenucha mortia
- Ctenucha multifaria
- Ctenucha nana
- Ctenucha nora
- Ctenucha palmeira
- Ctenucha peruviana
- Ctenucha projecta
- Ctenucha rubriceps
- Ctenucha rubroscapus
- Ctenucha ruficeps
- Ctenucha schausi
- Ctenucha subsemistria
- Ctenucha tapajoza
- Ctenucha togata
- Ctenucha venosa
- Ctenucha virginica
- Ctenucha vittigera































































































































































