Butterflies and Moths of the World Generic Names and their Type-species

Genus:
Pachythelia Westwood, 1848 . Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 5 : xlii.

Status:
Available Name

Homonyms: 1

Higher classification:
TINEOIDEA : PSYCHIDAE : Subfamily unassigned

Type-species:
Penthophera nigricans Curtis, 1828. British entomology 5: 213.    [BHL]

Type-species designation:
by monotypy .

Type specimens:
See BHL scanned Type-species page: .

Notes:
Nye & Fletcher (1991) stated:-

See also: * Pachytelia Heylaerts, 1881.

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Junior name(s):
Pachytelia ; Heylaerts, 1881: 66, 70.