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Prays chrysophyllae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Praydidae
Genus:	Prays
Species:	P. chrysophyllae
Binomial name
Prays chrysophyllae Silvestri, 1915

Prays chrysophyllae is a species of moth in the family Praydidae. It was described by Italian entomologist Filippo Silvestri in 1915 and is known from Eritrea. The larvae feed on wild olive (Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata).

References

1. Wing, Peter (2011). "LepIndex - chrysophyllae". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
2. Silvestri, Filippo (1915). "Contributo alla conoscenza degli insetti dell' olivo dell' Eritrea e dell' Africa meridionale". Bollettino del Laboratorio di zoologia generale e agraria della R. Scuola superiore d'agricoltura in Portici (in Italian). 9: 265–266. OCLC 8367051 – 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. 74. doi:10.1163/9789004264267_003. ISBN 9789004264267.

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