Prays peregrina

Prays peregrina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Praydidae
Genus:	Prays
Species:	P. peregrina
Binomial name
	Prays peregrina; Agassiz, 2007

Prays peregrina is a moth of the family Plutellidae. It was first discovered in North London in 2003, and subsequently in the Chelsea Physic Garden, West London in 2005. Since then there have been a number of records in the London and Kent area. Although it is only known from Great Britain, the species is thought to be native to Asia and was imported with food or plants from that region.^[1]

The wingspan is about 14 mm.

Leafmining caterpillars of this species were found on Ruta chalpensis in October 2016 in Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire.^[2]

Etymology

The species epithet is from the Latin peregrina, meaning "that comes from foreign parts".

External links

Notes

^ David Agassiz 'Prays peregrina sp. n. (Yponomeutidae) a presumed adventive species in Greater London', Nota lepid. 30 (2): 407 – 410
^ Colin W Plant, 'On the early stages of Prays peregrina Agassiz, 2007 (Lep.: Praydidae)', Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 128(2016)

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[1] David Agassiz 'Prays peregrina sp. n. (Yponomeutidae) a presumed adventive species in Greater London', Nota lepid. 30 (2): 407 – 410

[2] Colin W Plant, 'On the early stages of Prays peregrina Agassiz, 2007 (Lep.: Praydidae)', Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 128(2016)

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