''Quentalia'' is a genus of

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

s of the family

Bombycidae The Bombycidae are a family of moths known as silkworm moths. The best-known species is ''Bombyx mori'' (Linnaeus), or domestic silk moth, native to northern China and domesticated for millennia. Another well-known species is '' Bombyx mandarina' ...

first described by

William Schaus William Schaus (January 11, 1858, in New York City – June 20, 1942) was an American Entomology, entomologist who became known for his major contribution to the knowledge and description of new species of the Neotropical realm, Neotropical Lepido ...

in 1929. It has at times been placed in the family

Apatelodidae Apatelodidae, the American silkworm moths, is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera. They are a family within the superfamily Bombycoidea, though they have in the past been considered a subfamily of Bombycidae. Distribution Species ar ...

, but recent research indicates the subfamily Epiinae, to which ''Quentalia'' belongs, is affiliated with Bombycidae.Hamilton, C.A., St Laurent, R.A., Dexter, K. et al. Phylogenomics resolves major relationships and reveals significant diversification rate shifts in the evolution of silk moths and relatives. BMC Evol Biol 19, 182 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-019-1505-1

Species

*'' Quentalia altura'' Schaus, 1920 *'' Quentalia amisena'' Druce, 1890 *'' Quentalia brunnea'' Dognin, 1916 *'' Quentalia callinicia'' Schaus, 1929 *'' Quentalia cameloi'' Schaus, 1939 *'' Quentalia caulea'' Schaus, 1929 *'' Quentalia chromana'' Schaus, 1929 *'' Quentalia coarya'' Schaus, 1929 *'' Quentalia crenulosa'' (Dyar, 1918) *'' Quentalia demerida'' Schaus, 1920 *'' Quentalia denticulata'' Schaus, 1912 *'' Quentalia dolorosa'' E. D. Jones, 1908 *'' Quentalia drepanoides'' (Walker, 1866) *'' Quentalia eulerufa'' Schaus *'' Quentalia excisa'' Maassen, 1890 *'' Quentalia ficus'' Herrich-Schäffer, 1856 *'' Quentalia granisca'' Schaus, 1920 *'' Quentalia incurvata'' Dognin, 1922 *'' Quentalia intranea'' Dognin, 1914 *'' Quentalia lapana'' Schaus, 1920 *'' Quentalia lapanensis'' Schaus, 1929 *'' Quentalia lividia'' (Druce, 1887) *'' Quentalia macerina'' Schaus, 1929 *'' Quentalia maevia'' Druce, 1898 *'' Quentalia medinara'' Schaus, 1929 *'' Quentalia melchthala'' Schaus, 1929 *'' Quentalia minasa'' Schaus, 1929 *'' Quentalia moratina'' Schaus, 1929 *'' Quentalia napima'' Schaus, 1929 *'' Quentalia numalia'' Schaus, 1929 *'' Quentalia oaxacana'' Schaus, 1900 *'' Quentalia ojeda'' Dognin, 1889 *'' Quentalia orizava'' Schaus, 1900 *'' Quentalia pallida'' Maassen, 1890 *'' Quentalia pamina'' Schaus, 1900 *'' Quentalia paminella'' Dognin, 1922 *'' Quentalia punctilinea'' Dognin, 1922 *'' Quentalia purulhana'' Schaus, 1920 *'' Quentalia ragna'' Schaus, 1929 *'' Quentalia reissi'' Maassen, 1890 *'' Quentalia roseilinea'' Schaus, 1906 *'' Quentalia secatina'' Schaus, 1929 *'' Quentalia sheila'' Schaus, 1929 *'' Quentalia subrubicunda'' Dognin, 1922 *'' Quentalia subumbrata'' Dognin, 1922 *'' Quentalia tolima'' Dognin, 1922 *'' Quentalia tremulans'' Schaus, 1920 *'' Quentalia veca'' (Druce, 1887) *'' Quentalia viridans'' Dognin, 1922 *'' Quentalia vittata'' (Walker, 1855)

References

Bombycidae Bombycoidea genera Taxa named by William Schaus {{Bombycidae-stub