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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Fairy Moths and kin (Adeloidea) » Yucca Moths and Allies (Prodoxidae) » Yucca Moths (Prodoxinae) » Bogus yucca moths (Prodoxus)

Genus Prodoxus - Bogus yucca moths

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
200.1 Bogus Yucca Moth - Prodoxus decipiens Yucca stem larva - Prodoxus Prodoxidae, Bogus Yucca Moths - Prodoxus Prodoxidae, Bogus Yucca Moth - Prodoxus Prodoxidae, Bogus Yucca Moth, lateral - Prodoxus Pennsylvania Moth - Prodoxus decipiens Bogus Yucca Moth - Prodoxus A Second Prodoxus phylloryctus? - Prodoxus
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Adeloidea (Fairy Moths and kin)
Family Prodoxidae (Yucca Moths and Allies)
Subfamily Prodoxinae (Yucca Moths)
Genus Prodoxus (Bogus yucca moths)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Prodoxus Riley, 1880
Agavenema Davis, 1967 (1)(2)
Explanation of Names
The common name "Bogus yucca moth" was used by Riley in his original description to distinguish it from the "True yucca moth", Tegeticula yuccasella, a pollinator of yucca.
Numbers
21 species (3)
Identification
Compared to Tegeticula these moths have a more streamlined shape (like a race car), with "a smaller thorax that tapers off further with the head".
Food
They feed on vegetative parts of yuccas and agave.
Remarks
See USDA distribution maps for Yucca Plants here.
Print References
Davis, D.R. 1967. A Revision of the Moths of the Subfamily Prodoxinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 255: 28 (keys), 99. (1)
Riley, C.V. 1880. The American entomologist. 3: 141
Internet References
Tree of Life
Leplist. Microleps
Encyclopedia of Life
Works Cited
1.A Revision of the Moths of the Subfamily Prodoxinae
Donald R. Davis. 1967. United States National Museum Bulletin, No. 255, 1-170.
2.Phylogeny and life history evolution of Prodoxus yucca moths (Lepidoptera: Prodoxidae)
Pellmyr, O., M. Balcázar-Lara, D.M. Althoff, K.A. Segraves, & J. Leebens-Mack. 2005. Systematic Entomology. 31(1): 1-20.
3.Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. 2016. ResearchGate.net.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 18 May, 2007 - 5:12am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Beatriz Moisset, Tony-2
Last updated 14 November, 2018 - 2:18pm

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