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Moth on yucca - Blastobasis glandulella
Copyright © 2007 Beatriz Moisset

Moth on yucca - Blastobasis glandulella
Willow Grove, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
June 18, 2007
Too bad that I didn't have a chance to get better photos of this moth. It was on a yucca blossom and I wonder whether it is a yucca moth or a bogus yucca moth.
Southeastern PA

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Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 22 June, 2007 - 7:52pm
Last updated 25 December, 2021 - 1:00am

Moved
Moved from Blastobasis.
… Aaron Hunt, 25 December, 2021 - 1:00am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Blastobasis yuccaecolella. Blastobasis yuccaecolella was described by Dietz (1910) from specimens collected off Spanish Dagger species of Yucca in Nueces County, Texas, and later found on the same types of plants in far south Texas and northeast Mexico (Adamski & Pellmyr 2003). It is unlikely that the same species would range naturally up to Pennsylvania--unless this moth was from a recently imported cultivated plant. In any event, the adults are quite likely not identifiable from images. (And this looks more like a Pigritia sp. to my eye.)
… Chuck Sexton, 16 July, 2021 - 12:48pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Blastobasis.
… Beatriz Moisset, 22 August, 2010 - 6:11pm login or register to post comments

Thanks
Dr. Pellmyr also thinks that it is Blastobasis (formerly known as Valentina) but he thinks that it may be the species called Blastobasis yuccaecolella.
This is good enough for me right now. I will keep trying to get better images.
… Beatriz Moisset, 25 June, 2007 - 4:22pm login or register to post comments

Probably 1162 -- Acorn Moth -- Valentina glandulella
Real Yucca Moths are white. Look in the flowers/seed heads and you'll probably find some, or the larva.
… Bob Patterson, 22 June, 2007 - 10:49pm login or register to post comments

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