Prasinocyma nigrimacula Prout L. B., 1915

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Permalink:	PRASNIGR
Higher taxa:	Geometridae (family)/  Geometrinae (subfamily)/  Hemitheini (tribe)/  Hemitheini (subtribe)/  Prasinocyma (genus)/  Amplocyma (subgenus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Prout L. B., 1915
Citation:	Prasinocyma nigrimacula sp. nov.
Original genus:	Prasinocyma
Publication:	Prout L. B. 1915a. New genera and species of African Geometridae.
Journal:	Novitates Zoologicae
Volume:	22
Issue:
Pagination:	314
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3151109

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Prasinocyma nigrimacula Prout L. B., 1915	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, NHMUK.	Uganda	Uganda, Entebbe, ii.1902, leg. Rattray.

Distribution note:

The records of Angola (Prout L. B. 1930: 24), DR Congo (Debauche 1941: 308), and Kenya (Prout L. B. 1915a: 314) need confirmation (see A. Hausmann 2026: 29).

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 nigrimacula Prout L. B., 1915	Burundi		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 29
Prasinocyma nigrimacula Prout L. B., 1915	Ethiopia		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 29
Prasinocyma nigrimacula Prout L. B., 1915	Uganda		Prout L. B. 1915a. New genera and species of African Geometridae. page 314

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Prasinocyma nigrimacula Prout L. B., 1915	Vernonia sp.	Asteraceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 194

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