Praydidae is a family of false ermine moths in the superfamily Yponomeutoidea.[1][2][3] Though once considered a subfamily (Praydinae), a 2013 molecular analysis elevated it to family rank.[4]

Praydidae
Prays oleae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Yponomeutoidea
Family: Praydidae
Prays ruficeps

Genera edit

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  1. ^ "Praydidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
  2. ^ Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.
  3. ^ Sohn, Jae-Cheon; Regier, Jerome C.; Mitter, Charles; Davis, Donald; Landry, Jean-François; Zwick, Andreas; Cummings, Michael P. (2013-01-31). "A Molecular Phylogeny for Yponomeutoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Ditrysia) and Its Implications for Classification, Biogeography and the Evolution of Host Plant Use". PLOS ONE. 8 (1): e55066. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...855066S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0055066. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3561450. PMID 23383061.
  • Sohn, J.C., 2012: A new genus and species of Praydidae (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea) from Vietnam. Tinea 22 (2): 120-124.
  • Sohn, J.-C. & Alba, M.P., 2014: A New Species of Atemelia (Lepidoptera, Yponomeutoidea, Praydidae) Feeding on the Ornamental Shrub Mahonia (Ranunculales: Berberidaceae) in Chile. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 107 (2): 339-346.
  • Sohn, J.-C. & J.A. Lewis, 2012: Catalogue of the type specimens of Yponomeutoidea (Lepidoptera) in the collection of the United States National Museum of Natural History. Zootaxa 3573: 1-17. Abstract: [1].