| Higher taxa: | Tineidae (family)/ Hieroxestinae (subfamily)/ Orthochtha (genus)/ |
| Status: | Misapplied , the accepted name is Amphixystis |
| Authorship: | Meyrick, 1928 |
| Citation: | Orthochtha, n. g. |
| Taxon remarks: | Type species: Hieroxestis hermatias Meyrick, 1911. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (2) 14 (Zoology): 296. By original designation. A junior homonym of Orthochtha Karsch, 1891 [Orthoptera]. The objective replacement name is Orthochthella Fletcher, 1940. |
| Publication: | Meyrick E. 1928b. Exotic Microlepidoptera 3. |
| Journal: | — |
| Volume: | 3 |
| Issue: | 13–15 |
| Pagination: | 399 |
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