Tegeticula yuccasella
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| image = Tegeticula yuccasella 127111562.jpg
| image2 = Tegeticula yuccasella Tomada de Riley 1892.jpg
| image2_caption = "Characters of Pronuba yuccasella", 1892 drawing
| taxon = Tegeticula yuccasella
| authority = (Riley, 1872)
| synonyms =
- Pronuba yuccasella Riley, 1872
- Tegeticula alba Zeller, 1873
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Tegeticula yuccasella, the yucca moth, is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. The species was first described by Charles Valentine Riley in 1872.{{cite web |editor-last=Savela |editor-first=Markku |date=September 29, 2013 |url=https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/incurvariina/incurvarioidea/incurvariidae/tegeticula/#yuccasella |title=Tegeticula yuccasella (Riley, 1873) |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |access-date=November 11, 2020}} It can be found in North America from Texas to southern Canada.
The wingspan is 18–27 mm.Pellmyr, Olle [http://tolweb.org/Tegeticula_yuccasella/12475 "Tegeticula yuccasella (Riley)"]. Tree of Life Web Project. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
The larvae feed on Yucca filamentosa, Yucca smalliana, Yucca flaccida, Yucca glauca, Yucca arkansana, Yucca constricta, Yucca rupicola, Yucca pallida, Yucca reverchoni and Yucca aloifolia.
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External links
- {{cite web |author1=Perry, J. |author2=Schmidt, B. C. |name-list-style=amp |url=https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-2771 |title=Species Details Tegeticula yuccasella |website=University of Alberta Museums |publisher=E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum |access-date=November 11, 2020}}
- Pellmyr, Olle [http://tolweb.org/notes/?note_id=433 "Keys to species of the Tegeticula yuccasella complex"]. Tree of Life Web Project. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
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Category:Moths described in 1872
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