Biology:Tegeticula carnerosanella

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Short description: Species of moth

Tegeticula carnerosanella
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Prodoxidae
Genus: Tegeticula
Species:
T. carnerosanella
Binomial name
Tegeticula carnerosanella
Pellmyr, 1999

Tegeticula carnerosanella is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found from western Texas in the United States south to Mexico. The habitat consists of shrub desert.

The wingspan is 20-27.5 mm. Both the forewings and hindwings are white. The larvae feed on Yucca carnerosana and Yucca faxoniana.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7694709 entry