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Prays inscripta

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

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Prays inscripta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
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

References

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.