| Higher taxa: | Erebidae (family)/ Arctiinae (subfamily)/ Syntomini (tribe)/ Thyretina (subtribe)/ Metarctia (genus)/ Pterophaea (subgenus)/ |
| Status: | Synonym , the accepted name is Metarctia |
| Authorship: | Kiriakoff, 1953 |
| Citation: | Pterophaea subg. nov. |
| Taxon remarks: | Type species: Metarctia brunneipennis Hering, 1932. Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines 22(1): 108; pl. 2, fig. 19. By original designation and monotypy. |
| Publication: | Kiriakoff S. G. 1953a. Les Thyretidae du Musée Royal du Congo Belge (Lepidoptera Notodontoidea). |
| Journal: | Annales du Musée du Congo belge, Tervuren, in-8°, Zoologie |
| Volume: | 26 |
| Issue: | |
| Pagination: | 51–52 |
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