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Prodoxus weethumpi

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Prodoxus weethumpi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Prodoxidae
Genus: Prodoxus
Species:
P. weethumpi
Binomial name
Prodoxus weethumpi
Pellmyr, 2005

Prodoxus weethumpi is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in the United States in the south-western and north-eastern edges of the Mojave Desert in southern California and Nevada, north-western Arizona and south-western Utah.

The wingspan is 8.75-10.6 mm for males and 9.2-13.6 mm for females.[1] Adults are on wing from March to early May.

References

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  1. ^ Pellmyr, O, 2006: Phylogeny and life history evolution of Prodoxus yucca moths (Lepidoptera: Prodoxidae). Systematic Entomology 31: 1-20.