''Tegeticula'' is a
genus
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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
''Yucca'' ( , YUCK-uh) is both the scientific name and common name for a genus native to North America from Panama to southern Canada. It contains 50 accepted species. In addition to yucca, they are also known as Adam's needle or Spanish-bayon ...
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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
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Species
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Tegeticula altiplanella''
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Tegeticula antithetica''
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Tegeticula baccatella''
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Tegeticula baja''
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Tegeticula californica''
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Tegeticula carnerosanella''
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Tegeticula cassandra''
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Tegeticula corruptrix''
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Tegeticula elatella''
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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 ...
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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 Vizc ...
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Tegeticula maderae''
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Tegeticula mexicana'' (syn: ''Tegeticula treculeanella'')
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Tegeticula mojavella''
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Tegeticula rostratella''
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Tegeticula superficiella''
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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]
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Tegeticula tambasi''
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Tegeticula tehuacana''
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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.
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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
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