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''Tegeticula'' is a
genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
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 Lampronia capitella, currant shoot borer, and others of considerable ecological and evolutionar ...
, one of three genera known as yucca moths; they are mutualistic pollinators of various '' Yucca'' and '' Hesperoyucca'' species.


Species

* '' Tegeticula altiplanella'' * '' Tegeticula antithetica'' * '' Tegeticula baccatella'' * '' Tegeticula baja'' * '' Tegeticula californica'' * '' Tegeticula carnerosanella'' * '' Tegeticula cassandra'' * '' Tegeticula corruptrix'' * '' Tegeticula elatella'' * '' Tegeticula intermedia'' * '' Tegeticula maculata'' * '' Tegeticula maderae'' * '' Tegeticula mexicana'' (syn: ''Tegeticula treculeanella'') * '' Tegeticula mojavella'' * '' Tegeticula rostratella'' * '' 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 tehuacana'' * '' 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