| Higher taxa: | Gracillariidae (family)/ Lithocolletinae (subfamily)/ Hirsuta (genus)/ |
| Status: | Synonym , the accepted name is Phyllonorycter |
| Authorship: | Fletcher, 1929 |
| Citation: | Hirsuta |
| Taxon remarks: | Type species: Elachista populifoliella Treitschke, 1833. By original designation. By citing "Hirsuta, Bruand 1847 (non-descr.)" together with a type-species, Fletcher unintenionally established Bruand's nomenclaturally unavailable name. A junior subjective synonym of Phyllonorycter Hübner, 1822 (Nye & Fletcher 1991: 150). |
| Publication: | Fletcher, T. B. 1929. A list of the generic names used for Microlepidoptera. |
| Journal: | Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture in India. Entomological Series |
| Volume: | 11 |
| Issue: | i–ix |
| Pagination: | 110 |