Species Tegeticula yuccasella - Tegeticula yuccasella complex - Hodges#0198

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Remarks · Internet References

Tegeticula yuccasella complex - Hodges#0198 - Tegeticula yuccasella

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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 Tegeticula (Yucca moth)

Species yuccasella (Tegeticula yuccasella complex - Hodges#0198)

Hodges Number

0198

Other Common Names

Yucca Moth

Remarks

"Recently the species traditionally called T. yuccasella has been identified as being a complex of at least 13 species, many of which have very distinctive biology. Among them are two non-pollinating species of 'cheater yucca moths'. The reader should bear in mind that many papers written before the recent revision that provide, e.g., measures of seed consumption, actually provide composite measurements of all coexisting species. This problem only applies to the yuccasella complex ("the white species")." Tree of Life

Internet References

Tree of Life

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 24 March, 2006 - 9:12pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, anitagould, Aaron Schusteff
Last updated 22 May, 2018 - 8:53pm

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