''Tegeticula'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
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 ...
s of the family
Prodoxidae
The Prodoxidae are a family of moths, generally small in size and nondescript in appearance. They include species of moderate pest status, such as the currant shoot borer, and others of considerable ecological and evolutionary interest, such as ...
, one of three genera known as yucca moths; they are mutualistic pollinators of various ''
Yucca
''Yucca'' is a genus of perennial plant, perennial shrubs and trees in the family (biology), family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae. Its 40–50 species are notable for their Rosette (botany), rosettes of evergreen, tough, sword-shaped Leaf, ...
'' and ''
Hesperoyucca
''Hesperoyucca'' is a small genus of two recognized species of flowering plants closely related to, and recently split from, ''Yucca'', which is in the century plant subfamily within the asparagus family.
Description
''Hesperoyucca'' is distin ...
'' species.
Species
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Tegeticula altiplanella''
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Tegeticula antithetica''
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Tegeticula baccatella''
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Tegeticula baja''
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Tegeticula californica''
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Tegeticula carnerosanella''
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Tegeticula cassandra''
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Tegeticula corruptrix''
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Tegeticula elatella''
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Tegeticula intermedia''
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Tegeticula maculata''
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Tegeticula maderae''
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Tegeticula mexicana'' (syn: ''Tegeticula treculeanella'')
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Tegeticula mojavella''
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Tegeticula rostratella''
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Tegeticula superficiella''
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Tegeticula synthetica
''Tegeticula synthetica'' is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in the United States in the Mojave Desert in southern Nevada, south-eastern California and from south-western Utah to north-western Arizona. The habitat consists of desert ...
'' (syn: ''Tegeticula paradoxa'')
[Davis, Donald R. 1967. "A Revision of the Moths of the Subfamily Prodoxinae (Lepidoptera: Incurvariidae)." ''Bulletin of the United States National Museum''. 1–170, 155 figures, 3 tables, 17 maps, 3 diagrams. https://doi.org/10.5479]
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Tegeticula tambasi''
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Tegeticula tehuacana''
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Tegeticula yuccasella''
References
* Althoff, D.M., Segraves, K.A., Leebens-Mack, J., & Pellmyr, O. (2006). "Patterns of Speciation in the Yucca Moths: Parallel Species Radiations within the ''Tegeticula yuccasella'' Species Complex." ''Systematic Biology'' 55(3): 398-410.
Prodoxidae
Adeloidea genera
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