| Higher taxa: | Tineidae (family)/ Scardiinae (subfamily)/ Polymnestra (genus)/ |
| Status: | Synonym , the accepted name is Tinissa |
| Authorship: | Meyrick, 1927 |
| Citation: | Polymnestra |
| Taxon remarks: | Type species: Polymnestra perilithias Meyrick, 1927. Exotic Microlepidoptera 3(11–12): 331. By monotypy. Synonymized by Gozmány & Vári (1973: 85). |
| Publication: | Meyrick E. 1927a. Exotic Microlepidoptera 3. |
| Journal: | — |
| Volume: | 3 |
| Issue: | 11–12 |
| Pagination: | 331 |