Prays inscripta

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Prays inscripta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Praydidae
Genus: Prays
Species:
P. inscripta
Binomial name
Prays inscripta
Meyrick, 1907

Prays inscripta is a species of moth in the family Praydidae. [1] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1907 and is found in Australia. [2] The larvae feed on Phebalium plants. [3]

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References

  1. Wing, Peter (2011). "LepIndex - inscripta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum, London . Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  2. Meyrick, Edward (1907). "Descriptions of Australasian Micro-lepidoptera. XIX. Plutellidae". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 32. Linnean Society of New South Wales: 75–76 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. pp. 77–78. doi:10.1163/9789004264267_003. ISBN   9789004264267.