''Polyterpnes'' is a

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...

snout moth The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many (particularly older) classifications, the grass moths (Crambidae) are included in the Pyralid ...

genus described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1932. Its one species, ''Polyterpnes polyrrhoda'', was described by Turner in the same paper."''Polyterpnes'' Turner, 1932"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''. Retrieved May 12, 2017.

References

Chrysauginae Pyralidae genera Monotypic moth genera {{Chrysauginae-stub