| Higher taxa: | Prototheoridae (family)/ |
| Status: | Synonym , the accepted name is Hepialidae |
| Authorship: | Meyrick, 1917 |
| Citation: | Prototheoridae |
| Taxon remarks: | Type genus: Prototheora Meyrick, 1917. Annals of the South African Museum 17: 18. Synonymized by Regier et al. (2015). |
| Publication: | Meyrick E. 1917b. Descriptions of South African Microlepidoptera. |
| Journal: | Annals of the South African Museum |
| Volume: | 17 |
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| Pagination: | 17–18 |
| URL: | https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1520708 |