| Higher taxa: |
Gelechiidae (family)/
Dichomeridinae (subfamily)/
Machlotricha (genus)/
|
| Status: | Synonym
, the accepted name is Dichomeris
|
| Authorship: | Meyrick, 1912 |
| Citation: | Machlotricha, n. g. |
| Taxon remarks: | Type species: Machlotricha caeca Meyrick, 1912. Annals of the South African Museum 10(3): 62. By monotypy. Synonymized by Hodges (1986: 11). |
| Publication: | Meyrick E. 1912d. New South African Microlepidoptera. |
| Journal: | Annals of the South African Museum |
| Volume: | 10 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Pagination: | 61–62 |
| URL: | https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1554363 |