Prasinocyma furcata (Herbulot, 1965)

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Permalink:	HETEFURC
Higher taxa:	Geometridae (family)/  Geometrinae (subfamily)/  Hemitheini (tribe)/  Hemitheini (subtribe)/  Prasinocyma (genus)/  Malgassocyma (subgenus)/
Status:	Misapplied, the accepted name is Prasinocyma claudei
Authorship:	(Herbulot, 1965)
Citation:	Heterorachis furcata n. sp.
Original genus:	Heterorachis
Publication:	Herbulot C. 1965a. Lépidoptères Geometridae du Haut Sambirano (Madagascar).
Journal:	Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France
Volume:	69 (1964)
Issue:	9–10
Pagination:	255
URL:	https://www.persee.fr/doc/bsef_0037-928x_1964_num_69_9_20782https://www.persee.fr/doc/bsef_0037-928x_1964_num_69_9_20782

Prasinocyma furcata (1)

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Taxonomic note:

A secondary homonym of Prasinocyma furcata Fletcher, 1963 (see A. Hausmann 2026: 142); replaced by Prasinocyma claudei Hausmann, 2026.

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 furcata (Herbulot, 1965)	Holotype	♂	MNHN	Holotype ♂, MNHN.	Madagascar	Madagascar N, Haut Sambirano, Besanetribe Valley, 1200 m, 05–09.xii.1963, leg. P. Viette.
Prasinocyma furcata (Herbulot, 1965)	Paratype	♂	ZSM	Paratype 1♂, ZSM.	Madagascar	Madagascar N, Haut Sambirano, Besanetribe Valley, 1200 m, 05–09.xii.1963, leg. P. Viette.

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Prasinocyma furcata (1)

Prasinocyma furcata (2)

Prasinocyma furcata (3)

Prasinocyma furcata (4)

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