Praydidae

Praydidae
Prays oleae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Yponomeutoidea
Family:	Praydidae

Prays ruficeps

Praydidae is a family of false ermine moths in the superfamily Yponomeutoidea. ^{[1] [2] [3]} Though once considered a subfamily (Praydinae), a 2013 molecular analysis elevated it to family rank. ^[4]

Genera

• Atemelia Herrich-Schäffer, 1853
• Dictyoprays J.C. Sohn, 2012
• Distagmos Herrich-Schäffer, 1853
• Eucatagma Busck, 1900
• Prays Hübner, [1825]

References

1. "Praydidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
2. "Family Praydidae information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
3. Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi: 10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287 .
4. 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". PLOS ONE. 8 (1) e55066. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...855066S. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055066 . ISSN   1932-6203. PMC   3561450 . PMID   23383061.

• Sohn, J.C., 2012: A new genus and species of Praydidae (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea) from Vietnam. Tinea22 (2): 120-124.
• Sohn, J.-C. & Alba, M.P., 2014: A New Species of Atemelia (Lepidoptera, Yponomeutoidea, Praydidae) Feeding on the Ornamental Shrub Mahonia (Ranunculales: Berberidaceae) in Chile. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 107 (2): 339-346.
• Sohn, J.-C. & J.A. Lewis, 2012: Catalogue of the type specimens of Yponomeutoidea (Lepidoptera) in the collection of the United States National Museum of Natural History. Zootaxa3573: 1-17. Abstract: .