---
title: "Virginia Ctenucha Moth"
description: "Ctenucha virginica — Owady i pająki. Ctenucha virginica, the Virginia ctenucha, is a moth of the family Erebidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/virginia-ctenucha-moth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Virginia Ctenucha Moth

> Ctenucha virginica — Owady i pająki. Ctenucha virginica, the Virginia ctenucha, is a moth of the family Erebidae.

- Scientific name: *Ctenucha virginica*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 31188
- Wikidata: [Q256296](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q256296)
- iNaturalist taxon: [119013](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/119013)

## Names

- en: Virginia Ctenucha Moth
- fr: Cténuche de Virginie

## Countries with the most observations

CA (17661), US (12685), PM (15)

## Summary

Ctenucha virginica, the Virginia ctenucha, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1794.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ctenucha_virginica

## Photo

![Virginia Ctenucha Moth](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/virginia-ctenucha-moth/medium.jpg)

Photo: johninvt · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/48256862

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/virginia-ctenucha-moth?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).