Quentalia
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| Quentalia | |
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| Quentalia sp. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Bombycidae |
| Subfamily: | Epiinae |
| Genus: | Quentalia Schaus, 1929[1] |
| Type species | |
| Pamea vittata Walker, 1855 | |
Quentalia is a genus of moths of the family Bombycidae first described by William Schaus in 1929. It has at times been placed in the family Apatelodidae, but recent research indicates the subfamily Epiinae, to which Quentalia belongs, is affiliated with Bombycidae.[2]