Palaeophanes is a genus of moths in the Arrhenophanidae family. The generic name is derived from the Greek palaios (meaning ancient or old) and phanes (fromPhaino, meaning shine or appear), in reference to its Old World distribution as well as its current basal position within the family.
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0