#3142 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Virginia Ctenucha Moth

Ctenucha virginica

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what is it?

Ctenucha virginica , the Virginia ctenucha , is a moth of the family Erebidae. 0 in). The wing color varies from black to olive-brown. The body is a metallic blue-green. The head is yellow-orange, with feathery antennae. The caterpillar (about 20–25 mm) has multiple tufts of white and yellow hair. It undergoes metamorphosis in May–August.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 31,363iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
31,363 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1794 (232 years ago).