Tegeticula is a genus of moths of the family Prodoxidae, one of three genera known as yucca moths; they are mutualistic pollinators of various Yucca and Hesperoyucca species.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Prodoxidae |
| Genus: | Tegeticula Zeller, 1873 |
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Pronuba Riley 1872 (non Thomson, 1860: preoccupied) | |
Species
edit- Tegeticula altiplanella
- Tegeticula antithetica
- Tegeticula baccatella
- Tegeticula baja
- Tegeticula californica
- Tegeticula carnerosanella
- Tegeticula cassandra
- Tegeticula corruptrix
- Tegeticula elatella
- Tegeticula intermedia
- Tegeticula maculata
- Tegeticula maderae
- Tegeticula mexicana (syn: Tegeticula treculeanella)
- Tegeticula mojavella
- Tegeticula rostratella
- Tegeticula superficiella
- Tegeticula synthetica (syn: Tegeticula paradoxa)[1]
- Tegeticula tambasi
- Tegeticula tehuacana
- Tegeticula yuccasella
References
edit- 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. doi:10.1080/10635150600697325
- ^ 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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