Prasinocyma tandi Bethune-Baker, 1913

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Higher taxa:	Geometridae (family)/  Geometrinae (subfamily)/  Hemitheini (tribe)/  Hemitheini (subtribe)/  Prasinocyma (genus)/  Tandicyma (subgenus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Bethune-Baker, 1913
Citation:	Prasinocyma tandi, sp. n.
Original genus:	Prasinocyma
Publication:	Bethune-Baker G. T. 1913a. Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera from Africa and the East.
Journal:	Annals and Magazine of Natural History
Volume:	(8) 11
Issue:
Pagination:	570
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18636131

Prasinocyma tandi (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Prasinocyma tandi Bethune-Baker, 1913	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, genitalia slide Geometridae 2649♂, NHMUK.	Angola	Angola, N'Dalla Tando [N'dalatando], xi, leg. W. J. Ansorge.

Distribution note:

The records of DR Congo (H. R. Debauche 1941: 306), Kenya, and Tanzania (L. B. Prout 1929–1938: 22) need confirmation (see A. Hausmann 2026: 70).

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 tandi Bethune-Baker, 1913	Angola		Bethune-Baker G. T. 1913a. Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera from Africa and the East. page 570
Prasinocyma tandi Bethune-Baker, 1913	Cameroon		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 70
Prasinocyma tandi Bethune-Baker, 1913	Ghana		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 70
Prasinocyma tandi Bethune-Baker, 1913	Guinea		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 70
Prasinocyma tandi Bethune-Baker, 1913	Nigeria		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 70
Prasinocyma tandi Bethune-Baker, 1913	Uganda		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 70

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Prasinocyma tandi Bethune-Baker, 1913	Ricinus communis	Euphorbiaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 194

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Prasinocyma tandi (1)

Prasinocyma tandi (2)

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Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination