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Prasinocyma germinaria (Guenée, 1858)

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Higher taxa: Geometridae (family)/  Geometrinae (subfamily)/  Hemitheini (tribe)/  Hemitheini (subtribe)/  Prasinocyma (genus)/  Amplocyma (subgenus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Guenée, 1858)
Citation:Thalassodes germinaria
Original genus:Thalassodes
Publication:Guenée A. M. 1858a. In: Boisduval J. A. B. & Guenée A. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Spécies général des Lépidoptères. IX. Uranides et Phalénites. Tome I.
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Volume:9
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Pagination:360
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9812412
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Prasinocyma germinaria (Guenée, 1858) Holotype ♂ MNHN Holotype ♂, genitalia slide C. Herbulot 2015♂, MNHN Ethiopia Ethiopia, Abyssinia, 1850, leg. W. Schimper. Karisch T. 2016c. Zur Kenntnis von Prasinocyma germinaria (Guenée, [1858]) (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). page 360
Prasinocyma germinaria (Guenée, 1858) Allotype ♀ MNHN Allotype 1♀, genitalia slide T. Karisch 2926♀, MNHN (see P. Viette 1950b: 203, T. Karisch 2016c: 83). Ethiopia Ethiopia, Abyssinia, 1850, leg. W. Schimper. Karisch T. 2016c. Zur Kenntnis von Prasinocyma germinaria (Guenée, [1858]) (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). page 360
Distribution note:

The records of Cabo Verde (B. Traub 1987: 88), DR Congo (H. R. Debauche 1942: 27), Kenya, Mozambique, Zambia, and Zimbabwe (E. C. G. Pinhey 1975: 103), Lesotho (G. Kopij 2006: 145), Nigeria, and Uganda (L. B. Prout 1929–1938: 23), and South Africa (A. J. T. Janse 1933–1935: 296) refer to other species (see A. Hausmann 2026: 43).

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.
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