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Prays citri (Millière, 1873)

Permalink:	PRAYCITR
Higher taxa:	Praydidae (family)/ Prays (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Millière, 1873)
Citation:	Acrolepia Citri
Original genus:	Acrolepia
Publication:	Millière P. 1873a. Lépidoptères nouveaux de France.
Journal:	Petites Nouvelles Entomologiques
Volume:	5
Issue:	77
Pagination:	310
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12392292
Name(English):	Citrus flower moth

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Prays citri (1)

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Prays citri (Millière, 1873)	Syntype	unknown	MNHN	Syntypes, MNHN.	France	France, Corsica, e.l. Citrus medica, leg. Ragonot & Poujade.

Distribution note:

Australasia: Australia, Fiji, Guam, Samoa; Oriental: India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka; Palaearctic: Algeria, Azores, Canary Islands, Corsica, Crete, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Madeira, Malta, Morocco, Portugal, Sardinia, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication
Prays citri (Millière, 1873)	Cabo Verde	Santiago	Báez M. & García A. 2005. Lepidoptera. – In: Arechavaleta M., Zurita N., Marrero M. C. & Martín J. L. (eds). Lista preliminar de especies silvestres de Cabo Verde (hongos, plantas y animales terrestres). page 90
Prays citri (Millière, 1873)	Madagascar		Gibeaux C. 1985. Etude des microlépidoptères de Madagascar. IV. Description de trois espèces nouvelles d'Yponomeutides (Lepidoptera, Yponomeutidae). page 280 (as oleaeoides)
Prays citri (Millière, 1873)	Mauritius		Guillermet C. 2011c. Les Hétérocères ou papillons de nuit, de l'île de La Réunion. page 152
Prays citri (Millière, 1873)	Réunion		Martiré D. & Rochat J. 2008. Les papillons de La Réunion et leurs chenilles. page 222
Prays citri (Millière, 1873)	Seychelles	Mahé	Legrand H. 1966. Lépidoptères des îles Seychelles et d'Aldabra. page 47
Prays citri (Millière, 1873)	South Africa		Meyrick E. 1918a. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. page 56
Prays citri (Millière, 1873)	South Africa	Eastern Cape	Agassiz D. J. L. 2019b. Yponomeutidae, Plutellidae, Praydidae (Yponomeutoidea). – In: Mey W. & Krüger M. (Eds), The Lepidoptera fauna of a crater valley in the Great Escarpment of South Africa: The Asante Sana Project. page 204
Prays citri (Millière, 1873)	Zimbabwe		Martiré D. & Rochat J. 2008. Les papillons de La Réunion et leurs chenilles. page 222

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication
Prays citri (Millière, 1873)	Citrus aurantifolia	Rutaceae	South Africa	Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. page 487
Prays citri (Millière, 1873)	Citrus limon	Rutaceae	South Africa	Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. page 487
Prays citri (Millière, 1873)	Citrus medica	Rutaceae	France	Millière P. 1873a. Lépidoptères nouveaux de France. page 310
Prays citri (Millière, 1873)	Citrus sp.	Rutaceae	South Africa	Meyrick E. 1918a. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. page 56
Prays citri (Millière, 1873)	Ligustrum lucidum	Oleaceae	South Africa	Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. page 487
Prays citri (Millière, 1873)	Manilkara zapota	Sapotaceae	South Africa	Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. page 487

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL
Prays citri (Millière, 1873)	Chelonus sp.	Braconidae	South Africa	Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. page 488
Prays citri (Millière, 1873)	Venturia canescens	Ichneumonidae		Rousse P. & Villemant C. 2012. Ichneumons in Reunion Island: a catalogue of the local Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) species, including 15 new taxa and a key to species. page 19

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Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Prays oleaeoides Gibeaux, 1985	Gibeaux, 1985	species	Synonym	Prays oleaeoides