| Permalink: | PROPSMAR |
| Higher taxa: | Crambidae (family)/ Spilomelinae (subfamily)/ Trichaeini (tribe)/ Prophantis (genus)/ |
| Status: | Accepted |
| Authorship: | (Butler, 1875) |
| Citation: | Pyralis smaragdina, n. sp. |
| Original genus: | Pyralis |
| Publication: | Butler A. G. 1875b. On a collection of Lepidoptera from southern Africa, with descriptions of new genera and species. |
| Journal: | Annals and Magazine of Natural History |
| Volume: | (4) 16 |
| Issue: | 96 |
| Pagination: | 411–412 |
| URL: | https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25128297 |
| Name(English): | African Coffee Berry Moth |
| Name(French): | Pyrale du café |
Sometimes recorded as Botys octoguttalis Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875 (e.g. R. Paulian & P. Viette 1956: 183), an Oriental species [Indonesia (Moluccas)], which has been misidentified; all Afrotropical records refer to Prophantis smaragdina (Butler, 1875).
| Scientific name | TypeStatus | Gender | Museum | Description | Country | Locality | Publication | URL |
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| Prophantis smaragdina (Butler, 1875) | Holotype | ♀ | Holotype ♀ (see I. W. B. Nye 1961: 55). | South Africa | South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Natal, leg. Burrows. | Nye I. W. B. 1961. Changed nomenclature of the African coffee berry moth. page 411–412 |
| Scientific name | Parasitoid | Parasitoid Family | Country | Publication | URL |
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| Scientific Name | Authorship | Rank | Status | Original Combination |
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| Scientific Name | Authorship | Rank | Status | Original Combination |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prophantis coffealis (Bordage, 1896) | (Bordage, 1896) | species | Synonym | Botys coffealis |
| Prophantis octogutale Klima, 1939 | Klima, 1939 | species | Misapplied | Prophantis octogutale |
| Prophantis octoguttale (Hampson, 1899) | (Hampson, 1899) | species | Misapplied | Thliptoceras octoguttale |
| Prophantis stenopalis (Mabille, 1880) | (Mabille, 1880) | species | Synonym | Botys stenopalis |