''Prays'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
s of the family
Praydidae, formerly assigned to (depending on the author)
Plutellidae
The Plutellidae are a family of moths commonly known as the diamondback moths, named after the diamondback moth (''Plutella xylostella'') of European origin. It was once considered to have three subfamilies: Plutellinae, Praydinae, and Scythrop ...
or
Yponomeutidae
: ''Certain members of the unrelated snout moths (Pyralidae) are also known as "ermine moths." Spilosoma lubricipeda is an unrelated moth with the common name "white ermine."''
The family Yponomeutidae are known as the ermine moths, with several ...
.
Selected species
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Prays acmonias'' -
Meyrick, 1914 (from India)
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Prays alpha'' -
Moriuti, 1977 (from Japan)
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Prays amblystola'' -
Turner, 1923 (from Australia)
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Prays armynoti'' Bippus, 2020 (from Réunion)
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Prays atomocella'' -
(Dyar, 1902) (from Texas)
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Prays autocasis'' -
Meyrick, 1907 (from Australia)
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Prays beta'' -
Moriuti, 1977 (Japan, Russia, South Korea)
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Prays caenobitella'' -
Hübner, 1816
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Prays calycias'' -
Meyrick, 1907 (from Queensland)
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Prays chrysophyllae'' -
Silvestri, 1915 (from Eritrea)
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Prays cingulata
''Prays cingulata'' is a moth of the family Plutellidae. It is found in Guizhou
Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked province in the southwest region of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Guiyang, in ...
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H.L. Yu & H.H. Li, 2004 (from China)
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Prays citri'' -
Milliére, 1873 (worldwide distribution)
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Prays curalis'' -
Meyrick, 1914 (from India)
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Prays delta'' -
Moriuti, 1977 (from China, South Korea, Japan)
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Prays ducalis'' -
Meyrick, (from Sri Lanka)
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Prays endocarpa'' -
Meyrick, 1919 (Indonesia/Malaysia)
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Prays endolemma'' -
Diakonoff, 1967 (from the Philippines)
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Prays epsilon'' -
Moriuti, 1977 (from Japan)
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Prays erebitis'' -
Meyrick, (from India, Oriental)
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Prays fraxinella'' -
Bjerkander, 1784 (from Europe)
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Prays friesei'' -
Klimesch, 1992 (from Canary islands)
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Prays fulvocanella'' -
Walsingham, 1907
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Prays galapagosella'' -
B. Landry & J.F. Landry, 1998 (Galapagos islands)
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Prays gamma
''Prays gamma'' is a moth of the family Plutellidae. It is found in Japan.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wi ...
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Moriuti, 1977 (from Japan)
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Prays ignota
''Prays'' is a genus of moths of the family Praydidae, formerly assigned to (depending on the author) Plutellidae or Yponomeutidae
: ''Certain members of the unrelated snout moths (Pyralidae) are also known as "ermine moths." Spilosoma lubricip ...
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J.F.G.Clarke, 1986 (from Polynesia)
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Prays inconspicua'' -
H.L. Yu & H.H. Li, 2004 (from China)
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Prays inscripta'' -
Meyrick, 1907 (from Australia)
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Prays iota'' -
Moriuti, 1977 (from Japan)
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Prays kappa'' -
Moriuti, 1977 (from Japan)
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Prays kalligraphos'' -
J.C. Sohn & C.S. Wu, 2011 (from China)
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Prays lambda'' -
Moriuti, 1977 (from Japan)
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Prays liophaea'' -
Meyrick, 1927
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Prays lobata'' -
H.L. Yu & H.H. Li, 2004 (from China)
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Prays nephelomima'' -
Meyrick, 1907
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Prays oleae'' -
Bernard, 1788 (from Europe)
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Prays oleaceoides'' Gibeaux, 1985 (from Madagascar)
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Prays oliviella'' -
Boyer, 1837
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Prays omicron'' -
Moriuti, 1977 (from Japan)
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Prays parilis'' -
Turner, 1923 (from Australia)
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Prays peperitis'' -
Meyrick, 1907 (from Sri Lanka)
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Prays peregrina'' -
Agassiz, 2007 (from England)
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Prays ruficeps
''Prays ruficeps'' is a moth of the family Plutellidae. It is found in Northern and Central Europe.
The wingspan is 14–17 mm.
The larvae feed on ash (''Fraxinus excelsior
''Fraxinus excelsior'', known as the ash, or European ash or ...
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Heinemann, 1854 (from Europe)
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Prays sparsipunctella'' -
Turati, 1924 (from Libya)
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Prays stratella'' -
Zeller, 1877
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Prays sublevatella'' -
Viette, 1957 (from Réunion)
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Prays temulenta'' -
Meyrick, 1910 (from Himalaya)
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Prays tineiformis'' -
J.C. Sohn & C.S. Wu, 2011 (from China)
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Prays tyrastis'' -
Meyrick, 1907 (from Australia)
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Prays xeroloxa'' -
Meyrick, 1935 (from Java/Indonesia)
References
* , 2007: ''Prays peregrina'' sp. n. (Yponomeutidae) a presumed adventive species in Greater London. ''Nota Lepidopterologica'' 30 (2): 407—410. Full article
* , 1998: Yponomeutidae of the Galapagos Islands, with description of a new species of Prays (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea). ''Tropical Lepidoptera Research'' 9 (1): 31-40.Full article
* , 2011, A taxonomic review of ''Prays'' Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea: Praydidae) China with descriptions of two new species. ''Tijdschrift voor Entomologie'' 154 (1): 25-32.
Moth genera
Plutellidae
Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
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