Species Details

Ctenucha virginica

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Common NameVirginia Ctenucha SeasonalityMid June to early July. IdentificationThe only other species with an orange collar on the thorax and metallic blue abdomen is Cisseps fulvicollis, which has markedly narrower wings and is smaller.
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Scientific Name Ctenucha virginica Common Name Virginia Ctenucha Habitat Found throughout open, grassy habitats in the aspen parkland and boreal region. Seasonality Mid June to early July. Identification
The only other species with an orange collar on the thorax and metallic blue abdomen is Cisseps fulvicollis, which has markedly narrower wings and is smaller.
Royal Alberta Museum page
The only other species with an orange collar on the thorax and metallic blue abdomen is Cisseps fulvicollis, which has markedly narrower wings and is smaller.
Royal Alberta Museum page
Life History No information available. Conservation Widespread and common. Diet Info Grasses and sedges. Range Primarily a species of eastern North America, this species has apparently expanded its range westward in the last fifty years, since it was not recorded by Bowman (1951).

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"Species Details - Ctenucha virginica, University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-259. Accessed 14 Dec. 2024.

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Specimen Information

There are 86 specimens of this Species.

86 results plotted on map in 34 markers.
Note: Only records with latitude and longitude coordinates are plotted on map.

UASM171665 - Ctenucha virginica

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Mink Lake Collected ByMitchell, A. Date Collected2001-06-21

UASM171666 - Ctenucha virginica

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Calling Lake Provincial Park Collected BySchmidt; Anweiler Date Collected2001-07-07

UASM171667 - Ctenucha virginica

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Tolman Bridge Provincial Recreational Area Collected BySchmidt, C.; Anweiler, G. Date Collected2001-07-01

UASM171668 - Ctenucha virginica

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Ontario, Cobourg Collected ByCarr, F. S.

UASM171669 - Ctenucha virginica

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: New Brunswick, Edmundston Collected ByHensel, H.

UASM171670 - Ctenucha virginica

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: New Brunswick, Edmundston Collected ByHensel, H. Date Collected1999-06-21

UASM171671 - Ctenucha virginica

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: New Brunswick, Edmundston Collected ByHensel, H. Date Collected1999-06-21

UASM171672 - Ctenucha virginica

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: New Brunswick, Saint-Basile Collected ByTurgeon, M. Date Collected1996-07-02

UASM171673 - Ctenucha virginica

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: New Brunswick, Saint-Basile Collected ByTurgeon, M. Date Collected1996-07-14

UASM171674 - Ctenucha virginica

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: New Brunswick, Saint-Basile Collected ByHensel, H. Date Collected1998-06-17

UASM171675 - Ctenucha virginica

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Rocky Mountain House Collected ByLawrie, D. Date Collected1984-07-08

UASM171676 - Ctenucha virginica

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Rocky Mountain House Collected ByLawrie, D. Date Collected1994-07-08

BIRD33754 - Ctenucha virginica

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, J.J. Collett Natural Area Collected ByBird, C. D. Date Collected2010-06-18

BIRD33755 - Ctenucha virginica

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Winfield Collected ByBird, C. D. Date Collected2010-07-10

BIRD35941 - Ctenucha virginica

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Erskine Collected ByBird, C. D. Date Collected2012-06-23

BIRD36834 - Ctenucha virginica

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Winfield Collected ByBird, C. D. Date Collected2013-06-29

BIRD37549 - Ctenucha virginica

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, J.J. Collett Natural Area Collected ByBird, C. D. Date Collected2014-06-21

BIRD37550 - Ctenucha virginica

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Winfield Collected ByBird, C. D. Date Collected2014-06-27

BIRD37551 - Ctenucha virginica

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Winfield Collected ByBird, C. D. Date Collected2014-07-12

BIRD37552 - Ctenucha virginica

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Winfield Collected ByBird, C. D. Date Collected2014-07-19

POHL-13-00971 - Ctenucha virginica

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Pigeon Lake Collected ByPohl, G. R. Date Collected1973-01-01/1973-12-31

Adult Seasonal Distribution