Prasinocyma rhodocosma

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Prasinocyma rhodocosma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Prasinocyma
Species:
P. rhodocosma
Binomial name
Prasinocyma rhodocosma
(Meyrick, 1888)
Synonyms
  • Iodis rhodocosmaMeyrick, 1888

Prasinocyma rhodocosma, the northern emerald, is a species of moth of the family Geometridae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1888. It is found in Australia in northern Western Australia, the Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales.

The wingspan is about 30 mm.

The larvae feed on young shoots and leaves of Eucalyptus species