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Prays ducalis

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Prays ducalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Praydidae
Genus: Prays
Species:
P. ducalis
Binomial name
Prays ducalis
Meyrick, 1914

Prays ducalis is a species of moth in the family Praydidae.[1] It was described by English entomologist Edward Meyrick in 1914 based a single specimen collected in Sri Lanka.[2][3][4]

References

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  1. ^ Wing, Peter (2011). "LepIndex - ducalis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  2. ^ Meyrick, Edward (1914). "Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera". The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 23. Bombay Natural History Society: 125. ISSN 0006-6982. OCLC 1536710 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. ^ Gates Clarke, J. F. (1965). Catalogue of the type specimens of Microlepidoptera in the British Museum (Natural History) described by Edward Meyrick. Vol. 5. Natural History Museum, London. p. 372. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.68439. OCLC 183071906 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  4. ^ 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. 75. doi:10.1163/9789004264267_003. ISBN 9789004264267.