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Prasinocyma clopia (Prout L. B., 1922)

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Higher taxa: Geometridae (family)/  Geometrinae (subfamily)/  Hemitheini (tribe)/  Hemitheini (subtribe)/  Prasinocyma (genus)/  Microcyma (subgenus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Prout L. B., 1922)
Citation:Chlorocoma clopia sp. nov.
Original genus:Chlorocoma
Publication:Prout L. B. 1922c. Geometridae. – In: Prout, L. B. & Prout, A. E., New South African Heterocera.
Journal:Annals of the Transvaal Museum
Volume:8
Issue:3
Pagination:151–152, pl. 1, fig. 1
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50414674
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Prasinocyma clopia (1)
Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Prasinocyma by A. Hausmann (2026: 147).

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 clopia (Prout L. B., 1922) Holotype ♂ TMSA Holotype ♂, TMSA South Africa South Africa, Gauteng, Pretoria, 1917-01-20, leg. C. J. Swierstra.
Prasinocyma clopia (Prout L. B., 1922) Allotype ♀ Allotype ♀, coll. L. B. Prout. South Africa South Africa, Gauteng, Pretoria, 1917-01-20, leg. C. J. Swierstra.
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Prasinocyma clopia (Prout L. B., 1922) Mozambique Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 230 (map)
Prasinocyma clopia (Prout L. B., 1922) South Africa Eastern Cape Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page J. Heyns
Prasinocyma clopia (Prout L. B., 1922) South Africa Free State Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 230 (map)
Prasinocyma clopia (Prout L. B., 1922) South Africa Gauteng Prout L. B. 1922c. Geometridae. – In: Prout, L. B. & Prout, A. E., New South African Heterocera. page 152
Prasinocyma clopia (Prout L. B., 1922) South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Janse A. J. T. 1933–1935. The Moths of South Africa. Volume II. Geometridae (concluded). page 317
Prasinocyma clopia (Prout L. B., 1922) South Africa Limpopo Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 230 (map)
Prasinocyma clopia (Prout L. B., 1922) South Africa Mpumalanga Janse A. J. T. 1933–1935. The Moths of South Africa. Volume II. Geometridae (concluded). page 317
Prasinocyma clopia (Prout L. B., 1922) South Africa North-West Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 230 (map)
Prasinocyma clopia (Prout L. B., 1922) South Africa Northern Cape Janse A. J. T. 1933–1935. The Moths of South Africa. Volume II. Geometridae (concluded). page 317
Prasinocyma clopia (Prout L. B., 1922) South Africa Western Cape Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 230
Prasinocyma clopia (Prout L. B., 1922) Zimbabwe Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 230 (map)
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Prasinocyma clopia (Prout L. B., 1922) Vachellia nilotica Fabaceae South Africa Duke N. J. & Duke A. D. 1998. An annotated list of larval host-plants utilized by southern African Geometridae (Lepidoptera). page 8
Prasinocyma clopia (Prout L. B., 1922) Vachellia sp. Fabaceae South Africa Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 230
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Prasinocyma eucela (Prout L. B., 1922) (Prout L. B., 1922) species Synonym Chlorocoma eucela