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Tegeticula maculata

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Species of moth

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

The wingspan is 16–23 mm for ssp. maculata.


Ecology

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

Subspecies

References

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


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