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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. It was described by English entomologist Edward Meyrick in 1935 based on larvae collected from the island of Java and reared on Harrisonia leaves.

References

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.

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