| Higher taxa: |
Erebidae (family)/
Erebinae (subfamily)/
Cocytiini (tribe)/
Pterochaeta (genus)/
|
| Status: | Synonym
, the accepted name is Avatha
|
| Authorship: | Holland, 1900 |
| Citation: | Genus Pterochaeta gen. nov. |
| Taxon remarks: | Type species: Pterochaeta dohertyi Holland, 1900. Novitates Zoologicae 7: 568. By original designation. Included by Poole (1989) as a junior synonym of Avatha Walker, 1858. |
| Publication: | Holland W. J. 1900. The Lepidoptera of Buru. Part II. Heterocera. |
| Journal: | Novitates Zoologicae |
| Volume: | 7 |
| Issue: | |
| Pagination: | 568 |
| URL: | https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3267404 |