Type species: Phalaena pithyocampa Stoll, 1780. – In: Cramer, Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) 4: 29; pl. 304, figs. E, F (but included by Hübner as pityocampa, an incorrect subsequent spelling). By monotypy. P. pithyocampa is a junior subjective synonym of Phalaena capensis Linnaeus, 1767. Systema Naturae (Ed. 12) 1(2): 813.