''Prays ruficeps'' 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 ...

of 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 ...

. It is found in

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and

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. The

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is 14–17 mm. The larvae feed on ash (''

Fraxinus excelsior ''Fraxinus excelsior'', known as the ash, or European ash or common ash to distinguish it from other types of ash, is a flowering plant species in the olive family Oleaceae. It is native throughout mainland Europe east to the Caucasus and Alb ...

'').

References

*Aaarvik, L. et al. ,2017 Nordic-Baltic Checklist of Lepidoptera. ''Norwegian Journal of Entomology'' - Supplement No. 3: 1–236. *Heinemann, 1854): Zehn neue Microlepidoptern. ''Zeitschrift für Entomologie im Auftrage des Vereins für schlesische Insektenkunde zu Breslau'' 8: 1–7. Breslau (J. Urban Kern). *Huemer, P., 2013 Die Schmetterlinge Österreichs (Lepidoptera). Systematische und faunistische Checkliste. ''Studiohefte'' 12: 1–304.

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