| Higher taxa: |
Elachistidae (family)/
Elachistinae (subfamily)/
Phthinostoma (genus)/
|
| Status: | Synonym
, the accepted name is Perittia
|
| Authorship: | Meyrick, 1914 |
| Citation: | Phthinostoma, n. g. |
| Taxon remarks: | Type species: Phthinostoma infumata Meyrick, 1914. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 4(4): 196. By monotypy. Synonymized by Kaila & Sugisima (2011: 18). |
| Publication: | Meyrick E. 1914c. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. V. |
| Journal: | Annals of the Transvaal Museum |
| Volume: | 4 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Pagination: | 196 |