Prasinocyma pulchraria Swinhoe, 1904

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Higher taxa:	Geometridae (family)/  Geometrinae (subfamily)/  Hemitheini (tribe)/  Hemitheini (subtribe)/  Prasinocyma (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Swinhoe, 1904
Citation:	Prasinocyma pulchraria, nov.
Original genus:	Prasinocyma
Publication:	Swinhoe C. 1904b. On the Geometridae of tropical Africa in the National Collection.
Journal:	Transactions of the entomological Society of London
Volume:	1904
Issue:	3
Pagination:	544–545
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14684745

Taxonomic note:

Not yet assigned to subspecies and species group (see A. Hausmann 2026: 167).

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	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Prasinocyma pulchraria Swinhoe, 1904	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, genitalia slide Geometridae 2681♂, NHMUK.	Kenya	Kenya, Ngung, Machakos to Neugia, leg. R. C. Crawshay.

Distribution note:

The records of Malawi, South Africa (L. B. Prout 1929–1938: 24), Nigeria (C. Swinhoe 1904b: 24), and Tanzania (D. S. Fletcher 1978a: 45) need confirmation (see A. Hausmann 2026: 167).

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 pulchraria Swinhoe, 1904	Kenya		Swinhoe C. 1904b. On the Geometridae of tropical Africa in the National Collection. page 545

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