Type species: Gracilaria kollariella Zeller, 1839. By subsequent designation by Ely, 1918. Proceedings of the entomological Society of Washington 19(1917): 42, 70. The type species was attributed by Zeller to F[ischer] von R[öslerstamm], an incorrect authorship. The type species was established in combination with the generic name Gracilaria, at that time an incorrect subsequent spelling of Gracillaria Haworth, 1828 (Nye & Fletcher 1991: 192).