| Higher taxa: | Pyralidae (family)/ Phycitinae (subfamily)/ Phycitini (tribe)/ Pterothrix (genus)/ |
| Status: | Misapplied , the accepted name is Pterothrixidia |
| Authorship: | Ragonot, 1888 |
| Citation: | Pterothrix, gen. nov. |
| Taxon remarks: | Type species: Histoire naturelle des Lépidoptères ou Papillons de France 10: 170; pl. 277, fig. 6. By original designation. A junior homonym of Pterothrix Nees, 1834 [Hemiptera]. The objective replacement name is Pterothrixidia Amsel, 1954. |
| Publication: | Ragonot E.-L. 1888. Nouveaux genres et espèces de Phycitidae & Galleriidae. |
| Journal: | — |
| Volume: | 1888 |
| Issue: | |
| Pagination: | 8 |