Prays

Prays is a genus of moths of the family Praydidae, formerly assigned to (depending on the author) Plutellidae or Yponomeutidae.^[2]

Prays
Prays ruficeps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Praydidae
Genus:	Prays Hübner, 1825[1]
Species
See text
Synonyms
Pepilla Guenée, 1845

Selected species

• Prays acmonias - Meyrick, 1914 (from India)
• Prays alpha - Moriuti, 1977 (from Japan)
• Prays amblystola - Turner, 1923 (from Australia)
• Prays armynoti Bippus, 2020 (from Réunion)
• Prays atomocella - (Dyar, 1902) (from Texas)
• Prays autocasis - Meyrick, 1907 (from Australia)
• Prays beta - Moriuti, 1977 (Japan, Russia, South Korea)
• Prays caenobitella - Hübner, 1816
• Prays calycias - Meyrick, 1907 (from Queensland)
• Prays chrysophyllae - Silvestri, 1915 (from Eritrea)
• Prays cingulata - H.L. Yu & H.H. Li, 2004 (from China)
• Prays citri - Milliére, 1873 (worldwide distribution)
• Prays curalis - Meyrick, 1914 (from India)
• Prays curulis - Meyrick, 1914 (from India)
• Prays delta - Moriuti, 1977 (from China, South Korea, Japan)
• Prays ducalis - Meyrick, (from Sri Lanka)
• Prays endocarpa - Meyrick, 1919 (Indonesia/Malaysia)
• Prays endolemma - Diakonoff, 1967 (from the Philippines)
• Prays epsilon - Moriuti, 1977 (from Japan)
• Prays erebitis - Meyrick, (from India, Oriental)
• Prays fraxinella - Bjerkander, 1784 (from Europe)
• Prays friesei - Klimesch, 1992 (from Canary islands)
• Prays fulvocanella - Walsingham, 1907
• Prays galapagosella - B. Landry & J.F. Landry, 1998 (Galapagos islands)
• Prays gamma - Moriuti, 1977 (from Japan)
• Prays ignota - J.F.G.Clarke, 1986 (from Polynesia)
• Prays inconspicua - H.L. Yu & H.H. Li, 2004 (from China)
• Prays inscripta - Meyrick, 1907 (from Australia)
• Prays iota - Moriuti, 1977 (from Japan)
• Prays kappa - Moriuti, 1977 (from Japan)
• Prays kalligraphos - J.C. Sohn & C.S. Wu, 2011 (from China)
• Prays lambda - Moriuti, 1977 (from Japan)
• Prays liophaea - Meyrick, 1927
• Prays lobata - H.L. Yu & H.H. Li, 2004 (from China)
• Prays nephelomima - Meyrick, 1907
• Prays oleae - Bernard, 1788 (from Europe)
• Prays oleaceoides Gibeaux, 1985 (from Madagascar)
• Prays oliviella - Boyer, 1837
• Prays omicron - Moriuti, 1977 (from Japan)
• Prays parilis - Turner, 1923 (from Australia)
• Prays peperitis - Meyrick, 1907 (from Sri Lanka)
• Prays peregrina - Agassiz, 2007 (from England)
• Prays ruficeps - Heinemann, 1854 (from Europe)
• Prays sparsipunctella - Turati, 1924 (from Libya)
• Prays stratella - Zeller, 1877
• Prays sublevatella - Viette, 1957 (from Réunion)
• Prays temulenta - Meyrick, 1910 (from Himalaya)
• Prays tineiformis - J.C. Sohn & C.S. Wu, 2011 (from China)
• Prays tyrastis - Meyrick, 1907 (from Australia)
• Prays xeroloxa - Meyrick, 1935 (from Java/Indonesia)