Quentalia maevia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bombycoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Bombycidae
Subfamilia: Epiinae
Genus: Quentalia
Species: Quentalia maevia

Name

Quentalia maevia (Druce, 1898) Type locality: Panama. Chiriqui.

Holotype: 1 Male syntype and 1 female syntype in MNHU. (Trötsch, coll. Staudinger).

1 male "cotype" in NHMUK BMNH(E) #805435 same locality and collector, coll. Joicey.

Synonyms

Quentalia umbrata (Schaus, 1906). Was described on a female from Costa Rica under the name Carthara umbrata Schaus, 1906. Quentalia umbrata is a junior synonym of Quentalia maevia (Druce, 1898).

References

• Schaus, W. 1929. Familie Bombycidae. In: Seitz A. (Ed.) Die GrossSchmetterlinge der Erde. 6. Die amerikanischen Spinner und Schwärmer 675–711. PDF. Reference page. 
• Schaus, W. 1906. Descriptions of some new south American Moths. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 30(1444): 85–141. BHL Reference page. 

Primary references

• Druce, H. 1891–1900. Insecta Lepidoptera­ Heterocera, Vol. II: (text). In: Biologia Centrali­ Americana BHL text,pages 1-620. Reference page.