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Chrestotes Butler, 1881

Higher taxa: Tineidae (family)/  Setomorphinae (subfamily)/  Chrestotes (genus)/ 
Status:Misapplied , the accepted name is Lindera
Authorship:Butler, 1881
Citation:Genus Chrestotes (=Safra, Walk.)
Taxon remarks:Types species: Safra bogotatella Walker, 1864. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXIX.– Tineites: 785. By monotypy. A junior homonym of Chrestotes Scudder, 1868 [Protortoptera]. Lindera Blanchard is available as a subjective replacement name.
Publication:Butler A. G. 1881h. On a collection of nocturnal Lepidoptera from the Hawaiian Islands.
Journal:Annals and Magazine of Natural History
Volume:(5) 7
Issue:40
Pagination:401
URL: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24722900