| Higher taxa: | Scythrididae (family)/ Scythridinae (subfamily)/ Proterochyta (genus)/ |
| Status: | Synonym , the accepted name is Scythris |
| Authorship: | Meyrick, 1918 |
| Citation: | Proterochyta n. g. |
| Taxon remarks: | Type species: Proterochyta epicoena (Meyrick, 1914). By original designation and monotypy. Originally assigned to Elachistidae, but transferred to Scythrididae by Parenti (1988). A junior synonym of Scythris; synonymized by Bengtsson (2016: 379). |
| Publication: | Meyrick E. 1918a. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. |
| Journal: | Annals of the Transvaal Museum |
| Volume: | 6 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Pagination: | 56 |
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