Prays chrysophyllae

Prays chrysophyllae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Praydidae
Genus: Prays
Species:
P. chrysophyllae
Binomial name
Prays chrysophyllae
Silvestri, 1915

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

  1. ^ Wing, Peter (2011). "LepIndex - chrysophyllae". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  2. ^ Silvestri, Filippo (1915). "Contributo alla conoscenza degli insetti dell' olivo dell' Eritrea e dell' Africa meridionale". Bollettino del Laboratorio di zoologia generale e agraria della R. Scuola superiore d'agricoltura in Portici (in Italian). 9: 265–266. OCLC 8367051 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. ^ Lewis, Jon; Sohn, Jae-Cheon (2015). Landry, Bernard (ed.). Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea I (Argyresthiidae, Attevidae, Praydidae, Scythropiidae, and Yponomeutidae). World Catalogue of Insects. Vol. 12. Brill. p. 74. doi:10.1163/9789004264267_003. ISBN 9789004264267.


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