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Parategeticula elephantipella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Prodoxidae
Genus:	Parategeticula
Species:	P. elephantipella
Binomial name
Parategeticula elephantipella Pellmyr & Balcazar-Lara, 2000

Parategeticula elephantipella is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found on the eastern slopes of the Sierra Madre Oriental in Veracruz, Mexico.

The wingspan is 21–23 mm for males and 20.5-26.5 mm for females.

The larvae feed on Yucca elephantipes.

References

1. Systematics of the Yucca Moth Genus Parategeticula (Lepidoptera: Prodoxidae), with Description of Three Mexican Species

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