''Deoclona yuccasella'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

in the family

Autostichidae Autostichidae is a family of moths in the moth superfamily Gelechioidea. Subfamilies *Autostichinae Le Marchand, 1947 * Deocloninae Hodges, 1998 * Glyphidocerinae Hodges, 1998 *Holcopogoninae Gozmány, 1967 * Oegoconiinae Leraut, 1992 *Symmocinae ...

. It was described by

August Busck Augustus Busck (February 18, 1870 – March 7, 1944) was a Danish-American entomologist with the United States Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Entomology. He is best known for his work with microlepidoptera, of which he described over ...

in 1903. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from

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. The

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is 16.2–20 mm. The forewings are unicolorous light reddish yellow, without any markings. In some specimens the forewings are slightly darker and more reddish towards the apex than on the basal half. The hindwings are pale silvery yellow. The larvae feed on ''

Yucca whipplei ''Hesperoyucca whipplei'' ( syn. ''Yucca whipplei''), the chaparral yucca, our Lord's candle, Spanish bayonet, Quixote yucca or foothill yucca, is a species of flowering plant closely related to, and formerly usually included in, the genus ''Yucc ...

''. They live in the dry seed pods, pupating in holes eaten therein.''Proceedings of the United States National Museum'' 25 (1304): 837

References

Moths described in 1903 Deocloninae {{Autostichidae-stub