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Prasinocyma pupillata (Warren, 1902)

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Higher taxa: Geometridae (family)/  Geometrinae (subfamily)/  Hemitheini (tribe)/  Hemitheini (subtribe)/  Prasinocyma (genus)/  Corrucyma (subgenus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Warren, 1902)
Citation:Thalassodes pupillata sp. nov.
Original genus:Thalassodes
Publication:Warren W. 1902b. New African Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, Epiplemidae, and Geometridae in the Tring Museum.
Journal:Novitates Zoologicae
Volume:9
Issue:
Pagination:496
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3268480
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Prasinocyma pupillata (Warren, 1902) Syntype ♂ NHMUK Syntypes 6♂, genitalia slide Geometridae 2701♂, NHMUK. Kenya Kenya, British East Africa, Kikuyu Escarpment, iii–iv.1901, leg. W. Doherty.
DNA voucher(s)
BC ZSM Lep 69706 
Distribution note:

The records of Central African Republic (G. Sircoulomb 2014: 31), DR Congo (Orientale – H. R. Debauche 1941: 309), South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal – A. J. T. Janse 1933–1935: 292), Sudan, and Uganda (D. S. Fletcher 1958b: 84) need confirmation (see A. Hausmann 2026: 109).

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 pupillata (Warren, 1902) Kenya Warren W. 1902b. New African Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, Epiplemidae, and Geometridae in the Tring Museum. page 496
Prasinocyma pupillata (Warren, 1902) Rwanda Debauche H. R. 1941. Hemitheinae d'Afrique tropicale (Lep. Het., Geometridae). page 309
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Prasinocyma pupillata (Warren, 1902) Citrus sp. Rutaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 194
Prasinocyma pupillata (Warren, 1902) Clausena sp. Rutaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 194
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination