Biology:Prays

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Short description: Genus of moths

Prays
Prays ruficeps.JPG
Prays ruficeps
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Praydidae
Genus: Prays
Hübner, 1825[1]
Species

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Synonyms
  • Pepilla Guenée, 1845

Prays is a genus of moths of the family Praydidae, formerly assigned to (depending on the author) Plutellidae or Yponomeutidae.[2]

Selected species


References

  1. Prays at funet
  2. Sohn, Jae-Cheon; Regier, Jerome C.; Mitter, Charles; Davis, Donald; Landry, Jean-François; Zwick, Andreas; Cummings, Michael P. (2013-01-31). "A Molecular Phylogeny for Yponomeutoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Ditrysia) and Its Implications for Classification, Biogeography and the Evolution of Host Plant Use" (in en). PLOS ONE 8 (1): e55066. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0055066. ISSN 1932-6203. PMID 23383061. 
  • Agassiz, D., 2007: Prays peregrina sp. n. (Yponomeutidae) a presumed adventive species in Greater London. Nota Lepidopterologica 30 (2): 407–410. Full article: [1].
  • Landry, B. & J.-F. Landry, 1998: Yponomeutidae of the Galapagos Islands, with description of a new species of Prays (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 9 (1): 31–40.Full article: [2]
  • Sohn, J.-C. & C.-S. Wu, 2011, A taxonomic review of Prays Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea: Praydidae) China with descriptions of two new species. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 154 (1): 25–32.

Wikidata ☰ Q685761 entry