| Higher taxa: | Pyralidae (family)/ Pyralinae (subfamily)/ Hypotiini (tribe)/ Mnesixena (genus)/ |
| Status: | Synonym , the accepted name is Hypotia |
| Authorship: | Meyrick, 1890 |
| Citation: | 55, Mnesixena, n. g. |
| Taxon remarks: | Type species: Pyralis pectinalis Herrich-Schäffer, 1838. In: Panzer, Deutschlands Insecten 163: wrapper, pl. 5. By subsequent designation by Fletcher & Nye, 1984. – In: Nye, Generic Names Moths World 5: 95. Synonymized by P. Leraut (2004a: 78). |
| Publication: | Meyrick E. 1890a. On the classification of the Pyralidina of the European fauna. |
| Journal: | Transactions of the entomological Society of London |
| Volume: | 1890 |
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| Pagination: | 470 [key], 472 |
| URL: | https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14679031 |