| Higher taxa: | Erebidae (family)/ Lymantriinae (subfamily)/ Erasta (genus)/ |
| Status: | Synonym , the accepted name is Penthophera |
| Authorship: | Gistel, 1848 |
| Citation: | Erasta, N. |
| Taxon remarks: | Type species: Phalaena morio Linnaeus, 1767. Systema Naturae (Edn 12) 1: 828. By subsequent designation by Hampson, 1918. Novitates zoologicae 25: 384. A junior objective synonym of Penthophera Germar, 1812. |
| Publication: | Gistel J. 1848. Naturgeschichte des Tierreichs. |
| Journal: | — |
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| Pagination: | ix |
| URL: | https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46339890 |