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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) » Prodoxus quinquepunctella - Hodges#0200 (Prodoxus quinquepunctella)
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Prodoxidae: Prodoxus decipiens? - Prodoxus quinquepunctella
Copyright © 2013 Carl Barrentine

Prodoxidae: Prodoxus decipiens? - Prodoxus quinquepunctella
Billings, Yellowstone County, Montana, USA
May 1, 2013
Size: Length 7-8 mm

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Prodoxidae: Prodoxus decipiens? - Prodoxus quinquepunctella Prodoxidae: Prodoxus decipiens? - Prodoxus quinquepunctella Prodoxidae: Prodoxus decipiens? - Prodoxus quinquepunctella - female Prodoxidae: Prodoxus decipiens? - Prodoxus quinquepunctella Prodoxidae: Prodoxus decipiens? - Prodoxus quinquepunctella
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Contributed by Carl Barrentine on 2 May, 2013 - 3:57pm
Last updated 1 January, 2016 - 3:17pm

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… Carl Barrentine, 2 May, 2013 - 6:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Whom did you get this ID from?
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… Kyhl Austin, 31 December, 2015 - 10:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Kyhl!
The ID credit is found with the first dorsal image. I'll repost that here:

“Most likely the moth is Prodoxus quinquepunctella (Chambers) which occurs in the area from which your seeds originated and is variable in coloration- pure white to spotted. While your specimen is a female, it is nowhere near as large and has a more blunt oviscapt than the ND species, Tegeticula yuccasella . You might wish to add a note to the picture , indicating the origin of the specimen from yucca picked up in Montana.” --Dr. Gerald Fauske (02 May 2013)
… Carl Barrentine, 1 January, 2016 - 3:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
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… Kyhl Austin, 1 January, 2016 - 3:42pm login or register to post comments

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