| Higher taxa: | Tineidae (family)/ Tineinae (subfamily)/ Paratinea (genus)/ |
| Status: | Synonym , the accepted name is Proterospastis |
| Authorship: | Petersen, 1957 |
| Citation: | Paratinea n. g. |
| Taxon remarks: | Type species: Tinea merdella Zeller, 1847. Isis von Oken 40: 808. By original designation. A junior subjective synonym of Proterospastis Meyrick, 1937; synonymized by L. A. Gozmány & L. Vári (1973: 53). |
| Publication: | Petersen G. 1957a. Die Genitalien der paläarktischen Tineiden [I] (Lepidoptera: Tineidae). |
| Journal: | Beiträge zur Entomologie |
| Volume: | 7 |
| Issue: | 1–2 |
| Pagination: | 159 |