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Prasinocyma chloroprosopa Prout L. B., 1913

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Higher taxa: Geometridae (family)/  Geometrinae (subfamily)/  Hemitheini (tribe)/  Hemitheini (subtribe)/  Prasinocyma (genus)/  Bificyma (subgenus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:Prout L. B., 1913
Citation:Prasinocyma chloroprosopa, n. sp.
Original genus:Prasinocyma
Publication:Prout L. B. 1913b. New South African Geometridae.
Journal:Annals of the Transvaal Museum
Volume:3
Issue:4
Pagination:194–195
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50477126
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Prasinocyma chloroprosopa (1)
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Prasinocyma chloroprosopa Prout L. B., 1913 Holotype ♀ TMSA Holotype ♀, TMSA. South Africa South Africa, Gauteng, Johannesburg, 1902-04-25, leg. A. Ross.
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Prasinocyma chloroprosopa Prout L. B., 1913 Eswatini Duke N. J. & Duke A. D. 1998. An annotated list of larval host-plants utilized by southern African Geometridae (Lepidoptera). page 10 (for panchlora)
Prasinocyma chloroprosopa Prout L. B., 1913 Mozambique Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 230 (map)
Prasinocyma chloroprosopa Prout L. B., 1913 South Africa Eastern Cape Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 230 (map)
Prasinocyma chloroprosopa Prout L. B., 1913 South Africa Free State Prout L. B. 1929–1938. Die Spannerartigen Nachtfalter (Geometridae). Die Afrikanischen Spanner. Geometridae. – In: Seitz A. (ed.) Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Eine Systematische Bearbeitung der bis jetzt bekannten Gross-Schmetterlinge. page 22
Prasinocyma chloroprosopa Prout L. B., 1913 South Africa Gauteng Prout L. B. 1913b. New South African Geometridae. page 194
Prasinocyma chloroprosopa Prout L. B., 1913 South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 230 (map)
Prasinocyma chloroprosopa Prout L. B., 1913 South Africa Limpopo Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 230 (map)
Prasinocyma chloroprosopa Prout L. B., 1913 South Africa Mpumalanga Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 230 (map)
Prasinocyma chloroprosopa Prout L. B., 1913 South Africa Western Cape Janse A. J. T. 1933–1935. The Moths of South Africa. Volume II. Geometridae (concluded). page 291
Plant note:

Polyphagous on Anacardiaceae, Myrsinaceae, and Primulaceae; successfully reared on Buddleia salviifolia (Scrophulariaceae) (H. S. Staude in A. Hausmann 2026: 98).

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 Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Prasinocyma chloroprosopa Prout L. B., 1913 Schinus molle Anacardiaceae Eswatini Duke N. J. & Duke A. D. 1998. An annotated list of larval host-plants utilized by southern African Geometridae (Lepidoptera). page 10 (for panchlora)
Prasinocyma chloroprosopa Prout L. B., 1913 Searsia sp. Anacardiaceae South Africa Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 230
Prasinocyma chloroprosopa Prout L. B., 1913 Undefined polyphagous Undefined South Africa 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. page 98
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 panchlora Prout L. B., 1913 Prout L. B., 1913 species Synonym Prasinocyma panchlora