Butterflies and Moths of the World Generic Names and their Type-species

Genus:
Notocrypta de Nicéville, 1889 . J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 4(3) : 188.    [BHL]

Status:
Available Name

Homonyms: 1

Higher classification:
HESPERIOIDEA : HESPERIIDAE : HESPERIINAE

Type-species:
Plesioneura curvifascia Felder & Felder, 1862. Wien. ent. Monatschr. 6: 29.    [BHL]

Type-species designation:
(through Article 67.8 (replacement names)) .

Type specimens:
See BHL scanned Type-species page: .

Notes:
Hemming (1967) stated:-

The name Notocrypta was introduced by de Niceville as a replacement for Plesioneura Felder (C.) & Felder (R.), 1862, which is invalid under the Law of Homonymy.

The higher classification used here follows Lamas (2008).

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Junior name(s):
Pleinosura ; Adamson, 1889: 42.
Plesioneura Felder & Felder, 1862: 29.