Parategeticula elephantipella
Appearance
Parategeticula elephantipella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Prodoxidae |
Genus: | Parategeticula |
Species: | P. elephantipella
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Binomial name | |
Parategeticula elephantipella Pellmyr & Balcazar-Lara, 2000
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Parategeticula elephantipella is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found on the eastern slopes of the Sierra Madre Oriental in Veracruz, Mexico.
The wingspan is 21–23 mm for males and 20.5-26.5 mm for females.
The larvae feed on Yucca elephantipes.[1]
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