EPPO Global Database

Prays citri(PRAYCI)

Hosts

Important note about the classification of host plants in GD:
Categories have been assigned by the EPPO Secretariat on the basis of available data at the time of entry. They correspond to a qualitative evaluation of the importance of the host plant for the pest concerned and remain indicative only.
Further explanation of categories is available in the guide.
Organism Type
Citrus reticulata (CIDRE) Major host
* El-Kareim A, Moustafa SA, Fathy DM, Amara TM (2017) Ecological and biological studies on the citrus flower moth, Prays citri (Millière)(Lepidoptera: Hyponomeutidae). Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology 8(8), 397-402.
Citrus x aurantiifolia (CIDAF) Major host
* El-Kareim A, Moustafa SA, Fathy DM, Amara TM (2017) Ecological and biological studies on the citrus flower moth, Prays citri (Millière)(Lepidoptera: Hyponomeutidae). Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology 8(8), 397-402.

* Łabanowski GS (2017) The threat of greenhouse horticultural crops by pests. Zeszyty Naukowe Instytutu Ogrodnictwa, 25, 39-56. (in Polish with English abstract).
Citrus x aurantium var. paradisi (CIDPA) Major host
* El-Kareim A, Moustafa SA, Fathy DM, Amara TM (2017) Ecological and biological studies on the citrus flower moth, Prays citri (Millière)(Lepidoptera: Hyponomeutidae). Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology 8(8), 397-402.
Citrus x aurantium var. sinensis (CIDSI) Major host
* El-Kareim A, Moustafa SA, Fathy DM, Amara TM (2017) Ecological and biological studies on the citrus flower moth, Prays citri (Millière)(Lepidoptera: Hyponomeutidae). Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology 8(8), 397-402.
Citrus x limon (CIDLI) Major host
* El-Kareim A, Moustafa SA, Fathy DM, Amara TM (2017) Ecological and biological studies on the citrus flower moth, Prays citri (Millière)(Lepidoptera: Hyponomeutidae). Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology 8(8), 397-402.
Casimiroa edulis (CSJED) Host
* Sinacori A, Mineo N (1997) [Two new host plants of Prays citri and Contarinia sp. (?) citri]. Informatore Fitopatologico 47(7–8), 13–15 (in Italian).  
x Citrofortunella microcarpa (CJFMI) Host
* Tamutis V, Sruoga V, Česoniene L, Daubaras R (2022) The first appearance of the citrus flower moth (Prays citri (Millière, 1873)) (Lepidoptera: Praydidae) in Lithuania. Žemdirbyste (Agriculture) 109(1), 89-93. https://doi.org/10.13080/z-a.2022.109.012