Tegeticula maculata
Appearance
Tegeticula maculata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Prodoxidae |
Genus: | Tegeticula |
Species: | T. maculata
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Binomial name | |
Tegeticula maculata (Riley, 1881)
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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 Vizcaino region. The habitat consists of coastal chaparral and montane dry shrubby grassland.
Description
[edit]The wingspan is 16–23 mm for ssp. maculata.[1]
Ecology
[edit]The larvae feed exclusively on developing seeds of Hesperoyucca whipplei.[2] It is the sole pollinator of Hesperoyucca whipplei.
Subspecies
[edit]- Tegeticula maculata maculata
- Tegeticula maculata extranea (Edwards, 1888)
References
[edit]- Media related to Tegeticula maculata at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Tegeticula maculata at Wikispecies