Species Prodoxus marginatus - Hodges#0205

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Prodoxus pulverulentus - Prodoxus marginatus

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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)

Species marginatus (Prodoxus marginatus - Hodges#0205)

Hodges Number

0205

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Prodoxus marginatus Riley, 1891

Prodoxus pulverulentus Riley, 1892

Size

WS: 8-12 mm

Remarks

Prodoxus marginatus and P. pulverulentus appear different with the latter having outer half of wings more densely specked with dark scales and a more southernly distribution. Powell & Mackie (1966?) treated P. pulverulentus as a synonym of P. marginatus based on genitalia and an apparent zone of integration. (1)

Pellmyr et al. (2005) synonymized P. pulverulentus with P. marginatus

Print References

Davis, 1967:90-93; figs. 72-75 (P. marginatus, P. pulverulentus) (1)

Pellmyr, O., Balcazar-Lara, M., Althoff, D., Segraves, K. & Leebens-Mack, J. 2005. Phylogeny and life history evolution of Prodoxus yucca moths (Lepidoptera: Prodoxidae). Systematic Entomology. 31: 5.

Pohl et al. 2016 (2)

Riley, C.V. 1891. Further notes on the pollination of Yucca and on Pronuba and Prodoxus. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. 29: 635(2), fig. 12 (Prodoxus marginatus)

Riley, C.V. 1892. New species of Prodoxidae. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 2(3): 315 (Prodoxus pulverulentus)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (3)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) - P. marginatus, P. pulverulentus (4)

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.	Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. 2016. ResearchGate.net.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Steve Nanz on 16 November, 2016 - 3:14am
Additional contributions by Dave Webb
Last updated 23 February, 2024 - 1:21am

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