Quentalia surynorta

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 surynorta

Name

Quentalia surynorta (Schaus, 1900)

Type locality: Mexico, Jalapa

Holotype: Male syntype n° 11480 USNM. male genitalia slide #4 (11.IX.1940).

Note: Schaus, 1929 in Seitz says there are 35 males in USNM collection that may represernt several species when genitalia are examined. At that stage, only one male genitalia had been prepared, being the above syntype. Original description provides first the description under a female symbol, although later saying the female is similar to male but usually reddish brown. It seems that a female symbol was placed meanwhile it should have been a male symbol instead (printing error?).

Synonyms

Carthara surynorta Schaus, 1900 (original combination)

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. 

Primary references

• Schaus, W. 1900. New Species of Heterocera from Tropical America. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 8: 225–234. JSTOR Reference page.  page 231