Tegeticula superficiella
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| Tegeticula superficiella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Prodoxidae |
| Genus: | Tegeticula |
| Species: | T. superficiella
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| Binomial name | |
| Tegeticula superficiella Pellmyr, 1999
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Tegeticula superficiella is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in the United States in south-western Utah and northern Arizona. The habitat consists of shrub desert and open pine forests.
The wingspan is 20.5–30 mm.[1]
The larvae feed on Yucca elata var. utahensis, Yucca baileyi and Yucca angustissima var. kanabensis.
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