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Prasinocyma anadyomene Townsend, 1952

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Higher taxa: Geometridae (family)/  Geometrinae (subfamily)/  Hemitheini (tribe)/  Hemitheini (subtribe)/  Prasinocyma (genus)/  Amplocyma (subgenus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:Townsend, 1952
Citation:Prasinocyma anadyomene sp. nov.
Original genus:Prasinocyma
Publication:Townsend A. L. H. 1952. Four new Kenya moths.
Journal:Journal of the East African Natural History Society
Volume:21 (not 20)
Issue:2
Pagination:68–69
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50931162
Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Prasinocyma by A. Hausmann (2026: 52).

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 anadyomene Townsend, 1952 Holotype ♂ Holotype ♂, coll. Townsend Kenya Kenya, Nakuru, leg. A. L. H. Townsend.
Prasinocyma anadyomene Townsend, 1952 Allotype ♀ Paratype 1♀, coll. Townsend. Kenya Kenya, Nakuru, leg. A. L. H. Townsend.
Prasinocyma anadyomene Townsend, 1952 Paratype ♂ NHMUK Paratype 1♂, NHMUK. Kenya Kenya, Nakuru, leg. A. L. H. Townsend.
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Prasinocyma anadyomene Townsend, 1952 Olea africana Oleaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 194
Prasinocyma anadyomene Townsend, 1952 Olea chrysophylla Oleaceae Kenya Townsend A. L. H. 1956a. A new moth from East Africa. Leucania praetexta n. sp. (Family Agrotidae). page 69
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Prasinocyma anadyomene lativalva Hausmann, 2026 Hausmann, 2026 subspecies Accepted Prasinocyma anadyomene lativalva
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination