Prorasea praeia

Dyar, 1917

Prorasea praeia is a of in the Crambidae, Evergestinae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1917. The species is known from western North America, with records from the southwestern United States and western Canada. Available information is limited; larvae and remain poorly documented.

Pronunciation

How to pronounce Prorasea praeia: //proʊˈreɪziə ˈpreɪ.i.ə//

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Distribution

Recorded from Arizona, California, and Montana in the United States, and from British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan in Canada. The appears to be distributed across western North America in arid and semi-arid regions.

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Taxonomic placement

Placed in Evergestinae based on Catalogue of Life classification. This subfamily includes whose larvae often feed on Brassicaceae, though this has not been documented for P. praeia specifically.

Data limitations

Only six observations recorded on iNaturalist as of source date. No published larval descriptions or biological studies were found in the provided sources.

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