Prays fulvocanella
| Prays fulvocanella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Praydidae |
| Genus: | Prays |
| Species: | P. fulvocanella
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| Binomial name | |
| Prays fulvocanella Walsingham, 1907
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Prays fulvocanella is a species of moth in the family Praydidae.[2] It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Kauai. Species of Melicope and Zanthoxylum may serve as hosts for P. fulvocanella larvae.[1][3]
References
- ^ a b Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Microlepidoptera Part I: Monotrysia, Tineoidea, Tortricoidea, Gracillarioidea, Yponomeutoidea, and Alucitoidea. Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 9. University of Hawaiʻi Press. p. 755. OCLC 1086739663.
- ^ "LepIndex - fulvocanella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ^ 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. 77. doi:10.1163/9789004264267_003. ISBN 9789004264267.