| Higher taxa: | Notodontidae (family)/ Notodontinae (subfamily)/ Metopteryx (genus)/ |
| Status: | Synonym , the accepted name is Helga |
| Authorship: | Fletcher D. S., 1980 |
| Citation: | Metopteryx Fletcher nom. n. |
| Taxon remarks: | Type species: Taeniopteryx cinerea Janse, 1950. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 7(3): 212–213; pl. 8, figs. 14–19; pl. 14, fig. 19. By original designation. The objective replacement name for Taeniopteryx Janse, 1920. Synonymized by Schintlmeister & Witt (2015: 71). |
| Publication: | Fletcher D. S. 1980. In Watson A., Fletcher D. S. & Nye I. W. B. (Eds): The Generic names of moths of the world. Noctuoidea (part): Arctiidae, Cocytiidae, Ctenuchidae, Dilobidae, Dioptidae, Lymantriidae, Notodontidae, Strepsimanidae, Thaumetopoeidae, Thyretidae. |
| Journal: | — |
| Volume: | 2 |
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| Pagination: | 116 |
| URL: | https://archive.org/stream/genericnamesofmo2198nyei page/116/mode/1up# |
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