Tegeticula maculata

Tegeticula maculata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Prodoxidae
Genus:	Tegeticula
Species:	T. maculata
Binomial name
	Tegeticula maculata; (Riley, 1881)
Synonyms
	Pronuba maculata Riley, 1881; Pronuba apicella Dyar, 1903; Thia extranea Edwards, 1888; Pronuba aterrima Trelease, 1893;

Tegeticula maculata is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in North America in central-southern cismontane California, in the Sierra Nevada north to Fresno County, in north-western Arizona, and from Baja California Norte to the Vizcaino region. The habitat consists of coastal chaparral and montane dry shrubby grassland.

Description[edit]

The wingspan is 16–23 mm for ssp. maculata.^[1]

The larvae feed exclusively on developing seeds of Hesperoyucca whipplei.^[2] It is the sole pollinator of Hesperoyucca whipplei.

^ TOLweb
^ Riley, CV (1892). "The yucca moths and yucca pollination". Third Annual Report, Missouri Botanical Garden. 3: 99–158.

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