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: . Nota Lepidopterologica 30 (2): 407–410.

• , 1998: Yponomeutidae of the Galapagos Islands, with description of a new species of Prays (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 9 (1): 31–40.

• , 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.