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