''Tegeticula'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

s of the family

Prodoxidae The Prodoxidae are a family of moths, generally small in size and nondescript in appearance. They include species of moderate pest status, such as the currant shoot borer, and others of considerable ecological and evolutionary interest, such as ...

, one of three genera known as yucca moths; they are mutualistic pollinators of various ''

Yucca ''Yucca'' is a genus of perennial shrubs and trees in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae. Its 40–50 species are notable for their rosettes of evergreen, tough, sword-shaped leaves and large terminal panicles of white or whitish ...

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Hesperoyucca ''Hesperoyucca'' is a small genus of two recognized species of flowering plants closely related to, and recently split from, ''Yucca'', which is in the century plant subfamily within the asparagus family. Description ''Hesperoyucca'' is distin ...

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Tegeticula altiplanella ''Tegeticula altiplanella'' is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in the United States in the mountains and high plains of Colorado, southern Utah, northern Arizona and New Mexico. The habitat consists of high brush deserts, rock ...

'' * '' Tegeticula antithetica'' * '' Tegeticula baccatella'' * '' Tegeticula baja'' * '' Tegeticula californica'' * '' Tegeticula carnerosanella'' * ''

Tegeticula cassandra ''Tegeticula cassandra'' is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in the United States in north-central Florida and bordering areas of Georgia. The habitat consists of open pine and pine-oak forests and open grassy areas with oak scru ...

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Tegeticula corruptrix ''Tegeticula corruptrix'' is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in North America in south-western California, Arizona, New Mexico, northern Coahuila, western and southern Texas, Colorado, Alberta, the western plains of Nebraska, Wyomin ...

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Tegeticula elatella ''Tegeticula elatella'' is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in the United States in western Texas, from the Big Bend region through southern New Mexico to south-eastern Arizona and the Verde Valley of central Arizona. The habitat co ...

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Tegeticula intermedia ''Tegeticula intermedia'' is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. Along with other moth species, it is commonly known as a yucca moth. ''T. intermedia'' lives in North America, particularly the United States. The moth resides in the southwest, the Gr ...

'' * '' Tegeticula maculata'' * ''

Tegeticula maderae ''Tegeticula maderae'' is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in south-eastern Arizona, United States. The habitat consists of pine-oak forests. The wingspan is 15-21.5 mm. The larvae feed on ''Yucca schottii ''Yucca'' is a g ...

'' * '' Tegeticula mexicana'' (syn: ''Tegeticula treculeanella'') * ''

Tegeticula mojavella ''Tegeticula mojavella'' is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in the United States in the Mojave Desert, from southern Nevada and California south to the Mexican border. The habitat consists of bajadas and lower slopes of open deser ...

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Tegeticula rostratella ''Tegeticula rostratella'' is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in the Big Bend region of the United States, south to the Mapimí region in southern Coahuila in Mexico. The habitat consists of scrub desert. The wingspan The wi ...

'' * '' Tegeticula superficiella'' * '' Tegeticula synthetica'' (syn: ''Tegeticula paradoxa'')Davis, Donald R. 1967. "A Revision of the Moths of the Subfamily Prodoxinae (Lepidoptera: Incurvariidae)." ''Bulletin of the United States National Museum''. 1–170, 155 figures, 3 tables, 17 maps, 3 diagrams. https://doi.org/10.5479 * ''

Tegeticula tambasi ''Tegeticula tambasi'' is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in Mexico from northern central San Luis Potosí south-east to Querétaro, and south-westward beyond Morelia, Michoacán. The wingspan is 20–24 mm for males and 26-2 ...

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Tegeticula tehuacana ''Tegeticula tehuacana'' is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in Mexico in Oaxaca, western- and south-western Veracruz, and central-northern Puebla centred on the Tehuacan Valley. The wingspan is 20–24 mm for males and 22.5� ...

'' * '' Tegeticula yuccasella''

References

* Althoff, D.M., Segraves, K.A., Leebens-Mack, J., & Pellmyr, O. (2006). "Patterns of Speciation in the Yucca Moths: Parallel Species Radiations within the ''Tegeticula yuccasella'' Species Complex." ''Systematic Biology'' 55(3): 398-410. Prodoxidae Adeloidea genera {{Incurvarioidea-stub