''Prays caenobitella'' is a
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
in the family
Plutellidae
The Plutellidae are a family of moths commonly known as the diamondback moths, named after the diamondback moth (''Plutella xylostella'') of European origin. It was once considered to have three subfamilies: Plutellinae, Praydinae, and Scythrop ...
.
[Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. United States, n.p, 1985. 338.]
External links
''Prays caenobitella''at www.catalogueoflife.org.
References
Plutellidae
Moths described in 1816
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