Tegeticula mexicana

Tegeticula mexicana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Prodoxidae
Genus: Tegeticula
Species: T. mexicana
Binomial name
Tegeticula mexicana
Bastida, 1962
Synonyms
  • Tegeticula treculeanella Pellmyr, 1999

Tegeticula mexicana is a moth of the Prodoxidae family. It is found in Texas, New Mexico and Mexico (including Coahuila). The habitat consists of desert flats and low slopes in the Chihuahuan desert and open shrubland and grassland in coastal regions.

The wingspan is 19.5-29.5 mm. The forewings are white and the hindwings are brownish grey.[1]

The larvae feed on Yucca treculeana and Yucca torreyi. They feed on developing seeds. Pupation takes place in a cocoon in the soil.

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