Biology:Prays chrysophyllae
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Short description: Species of moth
| Prays chrysophyllae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Praydidae |
| Genus: | Prays |
| Species: | P. chrysophyllae
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| Binomial name | |
| Prays chrysophyllae Silvestri, 1915
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Prays chrysophyllae is a species of moth in the family Praydidae.[1] It was described by Italian entomologist Filippo Silvestri in 1915 and is known from Eritrea. The larvae feed on wild olive (Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata).[2][3]
References
- ↑ Wing, Peter (2011). "LepIndex - chrysophyllae". Natural History Museum, London. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=123636.
- ↑ Silvestri, Filippo (1915). "Contributo alla conoscenza degli insetti dell' olivo dell' Eritrea e dell' Africa meridionale" (in it). Bollettino del Laboratorio di zoologia generale e agraria della R. Scuola superiore d'agricoltura in Portici 9: 265–266. OCLC 8367051. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14029092.
- ↑ Lewis, Jon; Sohn, Jae-Cheon (2015). Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea I (Argyresthiidae, Attevidae, Praydidae, Scythropiidae, and Yponomeutidae). World Catalogue of Insects. 12. Brill. p. 74. doi:10.1163/9789004264267_003. ISBN 9789004264267.
Wikidata ☰ Q2596356 entry
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