| Higher taxa: | Gracillariidae (family)/ Gracillariinae (subfamily)/ Gracillariini (tribe)/ Paracephala (genus)/ |
| Status: | Misapplied , the accepted name is Africephala |
| Authorship: | Vári, 1961 |
| Citation: | Paracephala gen. nov. |
| Taxon remarks: | Type species: Parectopa timaea Meyrick, 1914. Exotic Microlepidoptera 1: 285. By original designation. A junior homonym of Paracephala Saunders, 1868 [Coleoptera]. The objective replacement name is Africephala Vári, 1986. |
| Publication: | Vári L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. I. Lithocolletidae. |
| Journal: | Transvaal Museum Memoir |
| Volume: | 12 |
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| Pagination: | xvi (key), 49 |