Prodoxus gypsicolor

Prodoxus gypsicolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Prodoxidae
Genus: Prodoxus
Species: P. gypsicolor
Binomial name
Prodoxus gypsicolor
Pellmyr, 2005

Prodoxus gypsicolor is a moth of the Prodoxidae family. It is found in the United States in the Kingston Range of the north-eastern Mojave Desert and possibly the Grand Canyon National Park in central-northern Arizona.

The wingspan is 11.2-16.2 mm for males and 12-19.1 mm for females. The forewings are calcareous white and the hindwings are brownish gray.[1] Adults are on wing from late March to early April.

The larvae feed on Agave utahensis.

Etymology

The species name refers to the chalk white color of the forewings.

References

  1. Pellmyr, O, 2006: Phylogeny and life history evolution of Prodoxus yucca moths (Lepidoptera: Prodoxidae). Systematic Entomology 31: 1-20.
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