Prays chrysophyllae
| Prays chrysophyllae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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[edit]
- ^ Wing, Peter (2011). "LepIndex - chrysophyllae". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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