Prodoxus sonorensis
| Prodoxus sonorensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Prodoxidae |
| Genus: | Prodoxus |
| Species: | P. sonorensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Prodoxus sonorensis Pellmyr & Balcazar-Lara, 2005
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Prodoxus sonorensis is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in south-eastern Arizona, United States, and south into northern Sonora, Mexico.
The wingspan is 8.9-12.8 mm for males and 10.9-15.6 mm for females.[1] Adults are on wing from late June to mid August.
The larvae feed on Yucca schottii.
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- ^ Pellmyr, O, 2006: Phylogeny and life history evolution of Prodoxus yucca moths (Lepidoptera: Prodoxidae). Systematic Entomology 31: 1-20.
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