| Higher taxa: | Erebidae (family)/ 
                
                
                Erebinae (subfamily)/ 
                
                
                UnassignedErebinae (tribe)/ 
                
                
                
                Ostacronycta (genus)/ | 
                | Status: | Synonym
                , the accepted name is Bamra | 
                | Authorship: | Bethune-Baker, 1911 | 
                | Citation: | Ostacronycta, gen. nov. | 
                
                    | Taxon remarks: | Type species: Ostacronycta glaucopasta Bethune-Baker, 1911. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)8(46): 535. By original designation. | 
                
                
                    | Publication: | Bethune-Baker G. T. 1911b. Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera from tropical Africa. | 
                    | Journal: | Annals and Magazine of Natural History | 
                    | Volume: | (8) 8 | 
                    | Issue: | 46 | 
                    | Pagination: | 535 |