Tegeticula yuccasella
| Tegeticula yuccasella | |
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| "Characters of Pronuba yuccasella", 1892 drawing | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Prodoxidae |
| Genus: | Tegeticula |
| Species: | T. yuccasella |
| Binomial name | |
| Tegeticula yuccasella (Riley, 1872) | |
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The yucca moth (Tegeticula yuccasella) is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. The species can be found in North America from Texas to southern Canada.
The wingspan is 18–27 mm. The forewings are wide and blunt, usually white but occasionally with more or less tan. The hindwings are medium to light brownish gray.[1]
The larvae feed on Yucca filamentosa, Yucca smalliana, Yucca flaccida, Yucca glauca, Yucca arkansana, Yucca constricta, Yucca rupicola, Yucca pallida, Yucca reverchoni and Yucca aloifolia. They feed on developing seeds. Pupation takes place in a cocoon in the soil.
References
External links
- University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum: Tegeticula yuccasella
- Olle Pellmyr: Keys to species of the Tegeticula yuccasella complex
- Markku Savela: Lepidoptera and some other life forms
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