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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 w ...

s of the family Prodoxidae, 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 flo ...

'' and '' Hesperoyucca'' species.

Species

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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 outcro ...

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Tegeticula antithetica ''Tegeticula antithetica'' is a species of moth in the family Prodoxidae. It is found in the Mojave Desert of the North American southwest, specifically southern California, southern Nevada, southwestern Utah, and western Arizona. The larvae fee ...

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Tegeticula baccatella ''Tegeticula baccatella'' is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in the United States in Arizona and New Mexico and adjacent regions of California, Nevada, Utah and Colorado. It is also found in western Texas (up to Presidio County). The ...

'' * '' 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 scrub. ' ...

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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 G ...

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Tegeticula maculata ''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 Vi ...

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Tegeticula mexicana ''Tegeticula mexicana'' is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in the United States in Texas, New Mexico and in Mexico (including Coahuila). The habitat consists of desert flats and low slopes in the Chihuahuan Desert and open shrublan ...

'' (syn: ''Tegeticula treculeanella'') * '' Tegeticula mojavella'' * '' Tegeticula rostratella'' * ''

Tegeticula superficiella ''Tegeticula superficiella'' is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in the United States in south-western Utah and northern Arizona. The habitat consists of shrub desert and open pine forests. The wingspan is 20.5–30 mm. The fore ...

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Tegeticula synthetica ''Tegeticula synthetica'' is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in the United States in the Mojave Desert in southern Nevada, south-eastern California and from south-western Utah to north-western Arizona. The habitat consists of desert ...

'' (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 ''Tegeticula yuccasella'', the yucca moth, is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. The species was first described by Charles Valentine Riley in 1872. It can be found in North America from Texas to southern Canada. The wingspan is 18–27 mm. ...

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