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Tegeticula maculata

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Tegeticula maculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Prodoxidae
Genus: Tegeticula
Species:
T. maculata
Binomial name
Tegeticula maculata
(Riley, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Pronuba maculata Riley, 1881
  • Pronuba apicella Dyar, 1903
  • Thia extranea Edwards, 1888
  • Pronuba aterrima Trelease, 1893

Tegeticula maculata is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in North America in central-southern cismontane California, in the Sierra Nevada north to Fresno County, in north-western Arizona, and from Baja California Norte to the Vizcaino region. The habitat consists of coastal chaparral and montane dry shrubby grassland.

Description

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The wingspan is 16–23 mm for ssp. maculata.[1]


Ecology

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The larvae feed exclusively on developing seeds of Hesperoyucca whipplei.[2] It is the sole pollinator of Hesperoyucca whipplei.

Subspecies

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References

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  1. ^ TOLweb
  2. ^ Riley, CV (1892). "The yucca moths and yucca pollination". Third Annual Report, Missouri Botanical Garden. 3: 99–158.