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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Fairy Moths and kin (Adeloidea) » Yucca Moths (Prodoxidae) » 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

Possible? Prodoxus quinquepunctella - Prodoxus

Prodoxidae, Bogus Yucca Moths - 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)

Subfamily Prodoxinae

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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