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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Incurvarioidea » Yucca Moths (Prodoxidae) » Prodoxinae » Bogus yucca moths (Prodoxus)

Genus Prodoxus - Bogus yucca moths

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Yucca stalk grubs - Prodoxus decipiens Yucca pupa - Prodoxus decipiens Yucca Moth - Prodoxus decipiens Yucca Moth - Prodoxus decipiens Yucca Moth - - Prodoxus decipiens Illinois data point - Prodoxus decipiens Prodoxus decipiens (tentative) - Prodoxus decipiens 200.1 Bogus Yucca Moth - Prodoxus decipiens
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Incurvarioidea
Family Prodoxidae (Yucca Moths)
Subfamily Prodoxinae
Genus Prodoxus (Bogus yucca moths)
Explanation of Names
Author: Riley 1880.
Food
They feed on vegetative parts of yuccas.
Internet References
Tree of Life
Leplist. Microleps
Encyclopedia of Life
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 18 May, 2007 - 5:12am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 14 May, 2009 - 4:55pm

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