Prasinocyma nereis Townsend, 1952
| FAMILY | Geometridae |
| SUBFAMILY | Geometrinae |
| GENUS | Prasinocyma |
| SPECIES | nereis |
| AUTHOR | Townsend, 1952 |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Prasinocyma nereis. sp. nov. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | Kenya, Nakuru, leg. A. L. H. Townsend. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, BMNH; Allotype ♀, BMNH; Paratype 1♂, BMNH. |
| STATUS | Species |
| COMMENT | Had been included in Eretmopus (see M. Scoble 1999), but reverted to Prasinocyma by A. Hausmann et al. (2016: 18). |
| PUBLICATION | Townsend A. L. H. 1952. Four new Kenya moths. - Journal of the East African Natural History Society 21 (not 20)(2):68-71. |
| PAGINATION |
68
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Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Ethiopia | Hausmann A., Parisi F. & Sciarretta A. 2014. The geometrid moths of Ethiopia I: tribes Pseudoterpnini and Comibaenini (Lepidptera: Geometridae, Geometrinae). - Zootaxa 3768(4):460-468. | 18 | |
| Kenya | Townsend A. L. H. 1952. Four new Kenya moths. - Journal of the East African Natural History Society 21 (not 20)(2):68-71. | 68 |
Host Plants
| FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Fabaceae | Acacia xanthophloea | Kenya | Agassiz D. J. L. & Harper D. M. 2009. The Macrolepidoptera fauna of Acacia in the Kenyan Rift Valley (Part 1). - Tropical Lepidoptera Research 19(1):4-8. | 6 |
| Fabaceae | Acacia sp. | Kenya | Townsend A. L. H. 1952. Four new Kenya moths. - Journal of the East African Natural History Society 21 (not 20)(2):68-71. | 68 |
