Prays peperitis

Prays peperitis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Praydidae
Genus:	Prays
Species:	P. peperitis
Binomial name
	Prays peperitis; Meyrick, 1907

Prays peperitis is a species of moth in the family Praydidae.^[1] It was described by English entomologist Edward Meyrick in 1907 based on seven specimens collected in Sri Lanka.^[2]^[3]

References

^ Wing, Peter (2011). "LepIndex - peperitis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
^ Meyrick, Edward (1907). Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. Vol. 1. p. 985. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.9702. OCLC 7069711 – 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. 80. doi:10.1163/9789004264267_003. ISBN 9789004264267.

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[1] Wing, Peter (2011). "LepIndex - peperitis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 11 February 2024.

[2] Meyrick, Edward (1907). Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. Vol. 1. p. 985. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.9702. OCLC 7069711 – 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. 80. doi:10.1163/9789004264267_003. ISBN 9789004264267.

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