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Parategeticula elephantipella

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Parategeticula elephantipella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Prodoxidae
Genus: Parategeticula
Species:
P. elephantipella
Binomial name
Parategeticula elephantipella
Pellmyr & Balcazar-Lara, 2000

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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