Prays parilis Turner, 1923
Lemon Bud Moth
 PRAYDINAE,   YPONOMEUTIDAE,   YPONOMEUTOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Prays parilis
(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Aranda, Australian Capital Territory)

These Caterpillars are a pest on:

  • Citrus flowers, e.g. Lemon, Orange, ( RUTACEAE ),

    The adult moths are off-white with brown markings, and have a wingspan of about 1 cm.

    Prays parilis
    (Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

    The species has been found across the south-west pacific in

  • Cook Islands,

    and in Australia in

  • Western Australia,
  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • Australian Capital Territory, and
  • Victoria.

    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia,
    Melbourne University Press, 1990, fig. 21.5, pp. 203-204.

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    New Australian Microlepidoptera,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 47 (1923), p. 168.

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    (updated 31 March 2013, 24 November 2025)