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

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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