Biology:Tegeticula baja

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Short description: Species of moth

Tegeticula baja
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Prodoxidae
Genus: Tegeticula
Species:
T. baja
Binomial name
Tegeticula baja
Pellmyr & Balcázar-Lara, 2008

Tegeticula baja is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in Mexico on the Baja California Peninsula.

The wingspan is 18.3–20 mm for males and 20.5–23 mm for females. Adults are on wing in August.[1]

The larvae feed on Yucca valida and Yucca capensis.

References

  1. Olle Pellmyr & Manuel Balcázar-Lara, 2008, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 152 (2): 297-314 [1]

Wikidata ☰ Q7694707 entry