The genus Munroessa and genus Synclita were named as synonyms of the preferred genus Elophila by Goater, Nuss and Speidel in Microlepidoptera of Europe, Vol. 4. Pyraloidea I. 2005. As such, Munroessa gyralis is now Elophila gyralis, Synclita obliteralis is Elophila obliteralis, and Synclita tinealis is Elophila tinealis.