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Prasinocyma immaculata (Thunberg, 1784)

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Higher taxa: Geometridae (family)/  Geometrinae (subfamily)/  Hemitheini (tribe)/  Hemitheini (subtribe)/  Prasinocyma (genus)/  Microcyma (subgenus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Thunberg, 1784)
Citation:Geometra immaculata
Original genus:Geometra
Publication:Thunberg C. P. 1784. Dissertatio entomologica sistens insecta Svecica. Quorum Partem Primam.
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Pagination:8
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11969966
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Prasinocyma immaculata (1)
Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Prasinocyma by O. Karsholt & E. S. Nielsen (1986: 448).

Karsholt O. & Nielsen E. S. 1986. The Lepidoptera described by C. P. Thunberg.
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Prasinocyma immaculata (Thunberg, 1784) Lectotype ♂ DEUU Lectotype ♂, designated by O. Karsholt & E. S. Nielsen (1986: 448), DEUU. South Africa South Africa; "Habitat Uppsaliae" [ex errore, see O. Karsholt & E. S. Nielsen 1985, A. Hausmann 2001]. Karsholt O. & Nielsen E. S. 1986. The Lepidoptera described by C. P. Thunberg. page 8
Distribution note:

The records of DR Congo (Bas Congo – W. J. Holland 1920: 312, as unipuncta), Ethiopia (H. R. Debauche 1937: 325, as unipuncta), Kenya (C. Swinhoe 1904b, as unipuncta), Mozambique (E. C. G. Pinhey 1975: 103), and Tanzania (A. J. T. Janse 1933–1935: 297, as unipuncta) need confirmation (see A. Hausmann 2026: 155).

Hausmann A. 2026. Revision of the genus Prasinocyma (Geometridae). – In: Hacker H. H. (ed.), Moths of Africa. Systematic and Illustrated Catalogue of the Heterocera of Africa.
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Prasinocyma immaculata (Thunberg, 1784) Botswana Prout L. B. 1935a. Scientific results of the Vernay-Lang Kalahari Expedition, March to September 1930. The Geometridae. page 2 (as scissaria)
Prasinocyma immaculata (Thunberg, 1784) Lesotho Kopij G. 2006. Lepidoptera fauna of Lesotho. page 145
Prasinocyma immaculata (Thunberg, 1784) Malawi Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 230 (map)
Prasinocyma immaculata (Thunberg, 1784) South Africa Eastern Cape Taylor J. S. 1953. Notes on Lepidoptera in the Eastern Cape Province (Part III). page 152
Prasinocyma immaculata (Thunberg, 1784) South Africa Free State Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 230 (map)
Prasinocyma immaculata (Thunberg, 1784) South Africa Gauteng Janse A. J. T. 1933–1935. The Moths of South Africa. Volume II. Geometridae (concluded). page 291 (as scissaria)
Prasinocyma immaculata (Thunberg, 1784) South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Warren W. 1897a. New genera and species of moths from the Old-World regions in the Tring Museum. page 44 (as unipuncta)
Prasinocyma immaculata (Thunberg, 1784) South Africa Limpopo Janse A. J. T. 1933–1935. The Moths of South Africa. Volume II. Geometridae (concluded). page 291 (as scissaria)
Prasinocyma immaculata (Thunberg, 1784) South Africa Mpumalanga Janse A. J. T. 1933–1935. The Moths of South Africa. Volume II. Geometridae (concluded). page 290 (as scissaria)
Prasinocyma immaculata (Thunberg, 1784) South Africa North-West Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 230 (map)
Prasinocyma immaculata (Thunberg, 1784) South Africa Northern Cape Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 230 (map)
Prasinocyma immaculata (Thunberg, 1784) South Africa Western Cape Janse A. J. T. 1933–1935. The Moths of South Africa. Volume II. Geometridae (concluded). page 290 (as scissaria)
Prasinocyma immaculata (Thunberg, 1784) South Africa Felder C., Felder R. & Rogenhofer A. F. 1865–1875. Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band. Abtheilung 2, Heft 4, Lepidoptera. Atlas der Heterocera. page pl. 127
Prasinocyma immaculata (Thunberg, 1784) Zimbabwe Janse A. J. T. 1933–1935. The Moths of South Africa. Volume II. Geometridae (concluded). page 291 (as scissaria)
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Prasinocyma immaculata (Thunberg, 1784) Buddleja salviifolia Buddlejaceae South Africa Krüger M. 2019b. Geometridae (Lepidoptera, Geometroidea). – In: Mey W. & Krüger M. (Eds), The Lepidoptera fauna of a crater valley in the Great Escarpment of South Africa: The Asante Sana Project. page 373
Prasinocyma immaculata (Thunberg, 1784) Combretum caffrum Combretaceae South Africa Taylor J. S. 1953. Notes on Lepidoptera in the Eastern Cape Province (Part III). page 152 (as scissaria)
Prasinocyma immaculata (Thunberg, 1784) Rhus dentata Anacardiaceae South Africa Krüger M. 2019b. Geometridae (Lepidoptera, Geometroidea). – In: Mey W. & Krüger M. (Eds), The Lepidoptera fauna of a crater valley in the Great Escarpment of South Africa: The Asante Sana Project. page 373
Prasinocyma immaculata (Thunberg, 1784) Searsia pyroides Anacardiaceae South Africa Krüger M. 2019b. Geometridae (Lepidoptera, Geometroidea). – In: Mey W. & Krüger M. (Eds), The Lepidoptera fauna of a crater valley in the Great Escarpment of South Africa: The Asante Sana Project. page 373
Prasinocyma immaculata (Thunberg, 1784) Vachellia karroo Fabaceae South Africa Taylor J. S. 1953. Notes on Lepidoptera in the Eastern Cape Province (Part III). page 152 (as scissaria)
Prasinocyma immaculata (Thunberg, 1784) Vachellia karroo Fabaceae Zimbabwe Duke N. J. & Duke A. D. 1998. An annotated list of larval host-plants utilized by southern African Geometridae (Lepidoptera). page 10 (as Acacia)
Prasinocyma immaculata (Thunberg, 1784) Vachellia sieberiana Fabaceae Zimbabwe Duke N. J. & Duke A. D. 1998. An annotated list of larval host-plants utilized by southern African Geometridae (Lepidoptera). page 10 (as Acacia)
Prasinocyma immaculata (Thunberg, 1784) Vachellia xanthophloea Fabaceae Kenya Agassiz D. J. L. & Harper D. M. 2009. The Macrolepidoptera fauna of Acacia in the Kenyan Rift Valley (Part 1). page 6
Prasinocyma immaculata (Thunberg, 1784) Ziziphus mucronata Rhamnaceae Zimbabwe Duke N. J. & Duke A. D. 1998. An annotated list of larval host-plants utilized by southern African Geometridae (Lepidoptera). page 10
Prasinocyma immaculata (Thunberg, 1784) Ziziphus mucronata Rhamnaceae South Africa Krüger M. 2019b. Geometridae (Lepidoptera, Geometroidea). – In: Mey W. & Krüger M. (Eds), The Lepidoptera fauna of a crater valley in the Great Escarpment of South Africa: The Asante Sana Project. page 373
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Prasinocyma unipuncta Warren, 1897 Warren, 1897 species Synonym Prasinocyma unipuncta