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Tegeticula tehuacana

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Tegeticula tehuacana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Prodoxidae
Genus: Tegeticula
Species:
T. tehuacana
Binomial name
Tegeticula tehuacana
Pellmyr & Balcázar-Lara, 2008

Tegeticula tehuacana is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in Mexico in Oaxaca, western- and south-western Veracruz, and central-northern Puebla centred on the Tehuacan Valley.

The wingspan is 20–24 mm for males and 22.5–26 mm for females. Adults are on wing in late April.[1]

The larvae feed on Yucca periculosa and Yucca mixtecana.

References

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  1. ^ Olle Pellmyr & Manuel Balcázar-Lara, 2008, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 152 (2): 297-314 [1]