Fentonia
Encyclopedia
Fentonia is a genus
of moth
s of the Notodontidae
family.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s of the Notodontidae
Notodontidae
Notodontidae is a family of moths with approximately 3,500 known species. Moths of this family are found in all parts of the world, but they are most concentrated in tropical areas, especially in the New World...
family.
Species
- Fentonia baibarana Matsumura, 1929
- Fentonia bipunctus (Rothschild, 1917)
- Fentonia excurvata (Hampson, [1893])
- Fentonia helena Kiriakoff, 1974
- Fentonia macroparabolicaFentonia macroparabolicaFentonia macroparabolica is a moth in the Notodontidae family. It is found in Taiwan.The wingspan is 47-55 mm....
Nakamura, 1973 - Fentonia notodontina (Rothschild, 1917)
- Fentonia ocypete (Bremer, 1861)
- Fentonia parabolica (Matsumura, 1925)
- Fentonia shenghua Schintlmeister & Fang, 2001
- Fentonia sumatrana Kiriakoff, 1974
- Fentonia talboti (Gaede, 1930)