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Prasinocyma jefferyi Prout L. B., 1930

Permalink:	PRASJEFF
Higher taxa:	Geometridae (family)/ Geometrinae (subfamily)/ Hemitheini (tribe)/ Hemitheini (subtribe)/ Prasinocyma (genus)/ Amplocyma (subgenus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Prout L. B., 1930
Citation:	P.[rasinocyma] jefferyi sp. n.
Original genus:	Prasinocyma
Publication:	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.
Journal:	—
Volume:	16
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Pagination:	24–25
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56080125

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Prasinocyma jefferyi Prout L. B., 1930	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, NHMUK.	Kenya	Kenya, Lumbwa, x.1923, leg. G. W. Jeffery.

Distribution note:

Records of DR Congo, Malawi (L. B. Prout 1929–1938: 25), and Ethiopia (A. Hausmann et al.) refer to other Prasinocyma species (see A. Hausmann 2026: 32).

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	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Prasinocyma jefferyi Prout L. B., 1930	Kenya		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 25
Prasinocyma jefferyi Prout L. B., 1930	Uganda		Fletcher D. S. 1958b. Ruwenzori Expedition 1952. – Geometridae. page 86

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