Eventually, in 1996, "Wurthia" was recognized as synonym of "Niphopyralis". Recently, Regier et al. (2012) found "Niphopyralis" to be an ingroup of Spilomelinae, and they consequently synonymised the name Wurthiinae with Spilomelinae. Since 2019, the name Wurthiini is in use again as tribe of Spilomelinae.