Parategeticula tzoyatlella

Parategeticula tzoyatlella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Prodoxidae
Genus: Parategeticula
Species:
P. tzoyatlella
Binomial name
Parategeticula tzoyatlella
Pellmyr & Balcazar-Lara, 2000

Parategeticula tzoyatlella is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in the southern Mapimí area of the Chihuahuan Desert in Mexico.

The wingspan is 19–24 mm for males and 21-25.5 mm for females. Adults are on wing in March.

The larvae feed on Yucca rostrata and Yucca rigida.[1]

Etymology

The species name is derived from tzoyatl, the Nahuatl name for Yucca rostrata.

References

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  1. ^ Systematics of the Yucca Moth Genus Parategeticula (Lepidoptera: Prodoxidae), with Description of Three Mexican Species


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