Prasinocyma leucophracta Prout L. B., 1932

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Higher taxa:	Geometridae (family)/  Geometrinae (subfamily)/  Hemitheini (tribe)/  Hemitheini (subtribe)/  Prasinocyma (genus)/  Bificyma (subgenus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Prout L. B., 1932
Citation:	Prasinocyma leucophracta n. sp.
Original genus:	Prasinocyma
Publication:	Prout L. B. 1932a. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale (1911–1912). Insectes Lépidoptères. III. Geometridae.
Journal:	Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France
Volume:	29
Issue:	5
Pagination:	380–381

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Prasinocyma leucophracta Prout L. B., 1932	Holotype	♀	MNHN	Holotype ♀, MNHN.	Kenya	Kenya, Kikuyu Country, Wambogo, 1750 m, 1912-01-09, leg. Ch. Alluaud & R. Jeannel.

Distribution note:

The record of DR Congo (H. R. Debauche 1938a: 9) needs confirmation (see A. Hausmann 2026: 80).

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 leucophracta Prout L. B., 1932	Ethiopia		Hausmann A., Sciarretta A. & Parisi F. 2016. The Geometrinae of Ethiopia II: Tribus Hemistolini, genus Prasinocyma (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Geometrinae). page 36 (as stefani)
Prasinocyma leucophracta Prout L. B., 1932	Kenya		Prout L. B. 1932a. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale (1911–1912). Insectes Lépidoptères. III. Geometridae. page 380
Prasinocyma leucophracta Prout L. B., 1932	Malawi		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. page 80
Prasinocyma leucophracta Prout L. B., 1932	Tanzania		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. page 80

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Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Prasinocyma stefani Hausmann, Sciarretta & Parisi, 2016	Hausmann, Sciarretta & Parisi, 2016	species	Synonym	Prasinocyma stefani