Prays is a genus of moths of the family Praydidae, formerly assigned to (depending on the author) Plutellidae or Yponomeutidae.
Selected species
Prays acmonias - Meyrick, 1914 (from India) Prays alpha - Moriuti, 1977 (from Japan) Prays amblystola - Turner, 1923 (from Australia) Prays armynoti Bippus, 2020 (from Réunion) Prays atomocella - (Dyar, 1902) (from Texas) Prays autocasis - Meyrick, 1907 (from Australia) Prays beta - Moriuti, 1977 (Japan, Russia, South Korea) Prays caenobitella - Hübner, 1816 Prays calycias - Meyrick, 1907 (from Queensland) Prays chrysophyllae - Silvestri, 1915 (from Eritrea) Prays cingulata - H.L. Yu & H.H. Li, 2004 (from China) Prays citri - Milliére, 1873 (worldwide distribution) Prays curalis - Meyrick, 1914 (from India) Prays curulis - Meyrick, 1914 (from India) Prays delta - Moriuti, 1977 (from China, South Korea, Japan) Prays ducalis - Meyrick, (from Sri Lanka) Prays endocarpa - Meyrick, 1919 (Indonesia/Malaysia) Prays endolemma - Diakonoff, 1967 (from the Philippines) Prays epsilon - Moriuti, 1977 (from Japan) Prays erebitis - Meyrick, (from India, Oriental) Prays fraxinella - Bjerkander, 1784 (from Europe) Prays friesei - Klimesch, 1992 (from Canary islands) Prays fulvocanella - Walsingham, 1907 Prays galapagosella - B. Landry & J.F. Landry, 1998 (Galapagos islands) Prays gamma - Moriuti, 1977 (from Japan) Prays ignota - J.F.G.Clarke, 1986 (from Polynesia) Prays inconspicua - H.L. Yu & H.H. Li, 2004 (from China) Prays inscripta - Meyrick, 1907 (from Australia) Prays iota - Moriuti, 1977 (from Japan) Prays kappa - Moriuti, 1977 (from Japan) Prays kalligraphos - J.C. Sohn & C.S. Wu, 2011 (from China) Prays lambda - Moriuti, 1977 (from Japan) Prays liophaea - Meyrick, 1927 Prays lobata - H.L. Yu & H.H. Li, 2004 (from China) Prays nephelomima - Meyrick, 1907 Prays oleae - Bernard, 1788 (from Europe) Prays oleaceoides Gibeaux, 1985 (from Madagascar) Prays oliviella - Boyer, 1837 Prays omicron - Moriuti, 1977 (from Japan) Prays parilis - Turner, 1923 (from Australia) Prays peperitis - Meyrick, 1907 (from Sri Lanka) Prays peregrina - Agassiz, 2007 (from England) Prays ruficeps - Heinemann, 1854 (from Europe) Prays sparsipunctella - Turati, 1924 (from Libya) Prays stratella - Zeller, 1877 Prays sublevatella - Viette, 1957 (from Réunion) Prays temulenta - Meyrick, 1910 (from Himalaya) Prays tineiformis - J.C. Sohn & C.S. Wu, 2011 (from China) Prays tyrastis - Meyrick, 1907 (from Australia) Prays xeroloxa - Meyrick, 1935 (from Java/Indonesia)
References
, 2007: Prays peregrina sp. n. (Yponomeutidae) a presumed adventive species in Greater London. Nota Lepidopterologica 30 (2): 407—410. Full article: . , 1998: Yponomeutidae of the Galapagos Islands, with description of a new species of Prays (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 9 (1): 31-40.Full article: , 2011, A taxonomic review of Prays Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea: Praydidae) China with descriptions of two new species. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 154 (1): 25-32.