Cutina

Walker, 1866

Species Guides

Cutina albopunctella(Cypress Looper)
Cutina aluticolor(leathery cutina moth)
Cutina arcuata(Curve-lined Cutina Moth)
Cutina distincta(Distinguished Cypress Owlet)

Cutina is a of in the Erebidae, Erebinae. The genus was established by Francis Walker in 1866 and currently contains at least four described . These moths are part of the diverse noctuoid , though detailed biological information for the genus remains limited in published literature.

Cutina aluticolor by (c) Laura Gaudette, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Laura Gaudette. Used under a CC-BY license.

Cutina albopunctella by (c) Laura Gaudette, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Laura Gaudette. Used under a CC-BY license.

Pronunciation

How to pronounce Cutina: /kuˈtiː.nə/

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Taxonomic history

The Cutina was established by Francis Walker in 1866 with Cutina albopunctella as the type . Additional species were described by Grote (1883) and by Pogue & Ferguson (1998), who revised the genus and added two new species.

Sources and further reading

BugGuide
Wikipedia
GBIF taxonomy match
iNaturalist taxon
NCBI Taxonomy
Catalogue of Life