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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Incurvarioidea » Yucca Moths (Prodoxidae)

Family Prodoxidae - Yucca Moths

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Yucca stalk grubs - Prodoxus decipiens small white moth - Prodoxus decipiens Yucca moth minus the yucca? Yucca moth - Tegeticula species? - Tegeticula Illinois data point - Prodoxus decipiens Yucca moth - Tegeticula Yucca moth - Tegeticula Yucca moth???
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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)
Numbers
56 species in 9 genera in 2 subfamilies in North America listed at All-Leps
Size
Wingspan 5-33 mm.
Identification
"Head with rough hairlike scales; antennae simple in both sexes, approximately one half the length of the front wing; scale without pecten; ocelli absent; proboscis short, uncoiled when not in use, and galea not appressed to form a sucking tube; mandibles present but greatly reduced, not functional; labial palpi 3-segmented; rarely 2-segmented; maxillary palpi 5-segmented, very long, nearly as long as haustellum, folded against head. wings white in most species, but with dark markings; dark in some species." Arnett, p. 658 (1)
Life Cycle
Larvae bore into seeds and stems of yucca and agave.
Print References
(1)
Internet References
Wikipedia
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Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
By Ross H. Arnett
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 24 March, 2006 - 9:09pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Robin McLeod
Last updated 7 March, 2007 - 10:00pm

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