 
  | Higher taxa: | Noctuidae (family)/ Cuculliinae (subfamily)/ UnassignedCuculliinae (tribe)/ Charidea (genus)/ | 
| Status: | Misapplied , the accepted name is Compsotata | 
| Authorship: | Guenée, 1852 | 
| Citation: | Gen. Charidea Gn. | 
| Taxon remarks: | Type species: Charidea elegantissima Guenée, 1852. Histoire naturelle des Insectes. VI. Species général des Lépidoptères. Noctuélites. Tome II: 61; pl. 8, fig. 12. By subsequent designation by Hampson, 1906. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum 6: 140. A junior homonym of Charidea Dalman, 1816 [Zygaenidae]. The objective replacement name is Compsotata Prout, 1907. | 
| Publication: | Guenée A. M. 1852b. Histoire naturelle des Insectes. VI. Species général des Lépidoptères. Noctuélites. Tome II. | 
| Journal: | — | 
| Volume: | 6 | 
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| Pagination: | 60–61 | 
| URL: | https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33923489 |