Prays xeroloxa

Prays xeroloxa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Praydidae
Genus:	Prays
Species:	P. xeroloxa
Binomial name
	Prays xeroloxa; Meyrick, 1935

Prays xeroloxa is a species of moth in the family Praydidae.[1] It was described by English entomologist Edward Meyrick in 1935 based on larvae collected from the island of Java and reared on Harrisonia leaves.[2][3]

References

Wing, Peter (2011). "LepIndex - xeroloxa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
Meyrick, Edward (1935). Exotic Microlepidoptera. Vol. 4. Taylor & Francis. p. 602. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.9241. OCLC 10581383 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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. 81. doi:10.1163/9789004264267_003. ISBN 9789004264267.

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[1] Wing, Peter (2011). "LepIndex - xeroloxa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 11 February 2024.

[2] Meyrick, Edward (1935). Exotic Microlepidoptera. Vol. 4. Taylor & Francis. p. 602. 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. 81. doi:10.1163/9789004264267_003. ISBN 9789004264267.