| Higher taxa: | Crambidae (family)/ Pyraustinae (subfamily)/ Pyraustini (tribe)/ Ostreophena (genus)/ |
| Status: | Synonym , the accepted name is Pyrausta |
| Authorship: | Sodoffsky, 1837 |
| Citation: | Ostreophena |
| Taxon remarks: | Type species: Phalaena purpuralis Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturae (Edn 10), 1: 534. By subsequent designation by Curtis, 1830. British entomology 7: 312. An unnecessary objective replacement name for Botis Swainson, 1821. |
| Publication: | Sodoffsky W. 1837. Etymologische Untersuchungen ueber die Gattungsnamen der Schmetterlinge. |
| Journal: | Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou |
| Volume: | 10 |
| Issue: | 6 |
| Pagination: | 92 |
| URL: | https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41313936 |
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