Prays chrysophyllae explained

Prays chrysophyllae is a species of moth in the family Praydidae.[1] 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).[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wing . Peter . 2011 . LepIndex - chrysophyllae . . . 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 . it . 9 . 265–266 . 8367051 . Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. Book: Lewis . Jon . Sohn . Jae-Cheon . Landry . Bernard . 2015 . Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea I (Argyresthiidae, Attevidae, Praydidae, Scythropiidae, and Yponomeutidae) . World Catalogue of Insects . 12 . . 74 . 10.1163/9789004264267_003 . 9789004264267.

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