{{Short description|Subtribe of moths}} {{automatic taxobox | image = Ctenucha_brunnea_(Brown_Ctenucha).jpg | image_caption = ''Ctenucha brunnea'' | taxon = Ctenuchina | authority = W. Kirby, 1837 }}
The '''Ctenuchina''' are a subtribe of moths in the family Erebidae. These moths are diurnal, meaning they fly during the day. Their coloration is similar to that of certain beetles and wasps that predators avoid.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Will |first=Kip |title=Field Guide to California Insects |last2=Gross |first2=Joyce |last3=Rubinoff |first3=Daniel |last4=Powell |first4=Jerry A. |publisher=University of California Press |year=2020 |isbn=9780520288744 |location=Oakland, California |pages=382}}</ref>
==Taxonomy== The Ctenuchina were previously classified as the subfamily Ctenuchinae of the family Arctiidae. That subfamily contained three tribes: Ctenuchini, Euchromiini ('''wasp moths'''), and Syntomini. The family Arctiidae was lowered in rank to the subfamily Arctiinae, and consequently, the three tribes became subtribes (with the -ina suffix). Ctenuchina and Euchromiina were reclassified in the tribe Arctiini, while the Syntomina were raised in rank to the tribe Syntomini.<ref name="Z+2011">{{cite journal|last1=Zahiri|first1=Reza|title=Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)|journal=Systematic Entomology|date=2011|doi=10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x|display-authors=etal|volume=37|pages=102–124|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Lafontaine|first1=Donald|last2=Schmidt|first2=Christian|title=Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico|journal=ZooKeys|date=19 Mar 2010|issue=40|page=26|doi=10.3897/zookeys.40.414|ref=L&S2010|doi-access=free|bibcode=2010ZooK...40....1L |s2cid=85246582 |url=http://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/fe06/d4a1faacee20af27f7708c6c1d1b7d74b4d4.pdf}}</ref>
==Genera== <small>''List separated based on data from the Taxonomicon''</small> <ref>{{cite web |url=http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/TaxonTree.aspx?id=2700467&src=0 |title=The Taxonomicon: Subtribe Ctenuchina |access-date=22 February 2015}}</ref> *''Cisseps''<!-- Anim.Behav.62: 349–368 --> *''Ctenucha''<!-- Anim.Behav.62: 349–368 --> *''Dahana''
===Assigned to subfamily Arctiinae. Not assigned to a tribe.=== *''Belemniastis'' *''Eunomia'' *''Isia''
===Assigned to tribe Arctiini. Not assigned to a subtribe.=== *''Belemnia''
==References== {{Reflist}} *[http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/butmoth/GenusList3.dsml?searchPageURL=index.dsml&SUPERFAMIL=&FAMILYqtype=starts+with&FAMILY=arctiidae&SUBFAMILYqtype=starts+with&SUBFAMILY=&TRIBEqtype=starts+with&TRIBE=&SUBTRIBEqtype=starts+with&SUBTRIBE=&GENUSqtype=starts+with&GENUS=&AUTHORqtype=starts+with&AUTHOR=&YEARqtype=equals&YEAR=&sort=GENUS Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog]
==External links== {{Wikispecies}} *[http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/orn/ed_wasp_moth.htm Edwards wasp moth, ''Lymire edwardsii ''] on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
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Category:Ctenuchina Category:Lepidoptera subtribes
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