Talk:Prays autocasis

Clarification for family/subfamily?
The | Atlas of Living Australia gives the family as Plutellidae, whereas | GBIF gives the family as Praydidae.

Honestly, one of the two sources is probably just being slightly more specific about the subfamily. But, although it's rare with scientific sources, and particularly rare with hyper-specialized sources like these, one of them could also just have flat-out the wrong information. (Like super DUPER rare, but absolutely worth checking). Atomic putty? Rien! 14:59, 28 October 2022 (UTC)


 * Update;
 * "The Plutellidae are a family of moths commonly known as the diamondback moths, named after the diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella) of European origin. It was once considered to have three subfamilies: Plutellinae, Praydinae, and Scythropiinae." [1] ... and, "Praydinae was later elevated to its own family, Praydidae, while Scythropiinae has variously been moved to Yponomeutidae or also elevated to its own family." [2] -- Plutellidae
 * 1. Capinera, John L. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 1206. ISBN 978-1-4020-6242-1.
 * 2. Sohn, Jae-Cheon; Regier, Jerome C.; Mitter, Charles; Davis, Donald; Landry, Jean-François; Zwick, Andreas; Cummings, Michael P. (2013-01-31). Chave, Jerome (ed.). "A Molecular Phylogeny for Yponomeutoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Ditrysia) and Its Implications for Classification, Biogeography and the Evolution of Host Plant Use". PLoS ONE. 8 (1): e55066. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0055066. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3561450. PMID 23383061.
 * .. Hrm. So, Praydidae was originally a subfamily of Plutellidae, but was later elevated to be its own family. I believe that, in this case, we have to say that P. autocasis belongs to Praydidae? Going to go ahead and make the clarification, but wiser editors may feel free to change it at a later date.  Atomic putty? Rien!  15:07, 28 October 2022 (UTC)