Prays liophaea

Prays liophaea is a species of moth in the family Praydidae.[1] It was described by English entomologist Edward Meyrick in 1927 based on two specimens collected from Stellenbosch, South Africa.[2][3]

Prays liophaea
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Praydidae
Genus: Prays
Species:
P. liophaea
Binomial name
Prays liophaea
Meyrick, 1927

References

  1. Wing, Peter (2011). "LepIndex - liophaea". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  2. Meyrick, Edward (1927). Exotic Microlepidoptera. Vol. 3. Taylor & Francis. p. 361. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.9241. OCLC 10581383 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. p. 78. doi:10.1163/9789004264267_003. ISBN 9789004264267.


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