Prasinocyma tricolorifrons (Prout L. B., 1913)

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Higher taxa:	Geometridae (family)/  Geometrinae (subfamily)/  Hemitheini (tribe)/  Hemitheini (subtribe)/  Prasinocyma (genus)/  Amplocyma (subgenus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Prout L. B., 1913)
Citation:	Hemistola tricolorifrons spec. nov.
Original genus:	Hemistola
Publication:	Prout L. B. 1913a. Contributions to a knowledge of the subfamilies Oenochrominae and Hemitheinae of Geometridae.
Journal:	Novitates Zoologicae
Volume:	20
Issue:	2
Pagination:	438
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15842846

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Prasinocyma tricolorifrons (Prout L. B., 1913)	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, genitalia slide Geometridae 2727♂, NHMUK.	Kenya	Kenya, W slopes of Mount Kenya, 5000–5800 ft, 1911-02-18, leg. S. A. Neave.

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DNA voucher(s)
BC ZSM Lep 81811  BC ZSM Lep 26168  BC ZSM Lep 81810  BC ZSM Lep 81822  BC ZSM Lep 14907  BC ZSM Lep 18071  BC ZSM Lep 81807  BC ZSM Lep 13203  BC ZSM Lep 83219

Distribution note:

The record of DR Congo (Prout L. B. 1926b: 4), probably refers to another species (see A. Hausmann 2026: 21).

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 tricolorifrons (Prout L. B., 1913)	Ethiopia		Hausmann A., Sciarretta A. & Parisi F. 2016. The Geometrinae of Ethiopia II: Tribus Hemistolini, genus Prasinocyma (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Geometrinae). page 31
Prasinocyma tricolorifrons (Prout L. B., 1913)	Kenya		Prout L. B. 1913a. Contributions to a knowledge of the subfamilies Oenochrominae and Hemitheinae of Geometridae. page 438

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