Genus Tethea Ochsenheimer, 1816

Tethea Ochsenheimer, 1816: 64 . Type-species: Noctua or Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775, by subsequent designation by Curtis, 1829.

Palimpsestis Hübner, 1821: 237 (as 279). Type-species: Phalaena octogesimea Hübner, 1786, by subsequent designation by Warren, 1912.

Bombycia Hübner, 1822: 22, 25, 26, 31, 34, 37, 38. Type-species: Noctua or Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775, by subsequent designation by Harvey, 1874.

Ceropacha Stephens, 1829: 42. Type-species: Noctua or Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775, by subsequent designation by Westwood, 1840.

Remarks. The genus Tethea was originally placed in the Noctuidae . There are some mistakes in Zhao (2004) for this genus. For Tethea brunnea Zhao (2004) (nec Leech, 1900), see the remarks under Paragnorima fuscescens Hampson, 1893 .