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Prodoxus tehuacanensis

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

Prodoxus tehuacanensis is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in Mexico in the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán region of Puebla and Oaxaca.

The wingspan is 8.3-11.25 mm for males and 9.2-11.6 mm for females.[1] Adults are on wing in late April.

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.