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Tegeticula yuccasella (Riley, 1873)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Adeloidea → family Incurvariidae → genus Tegeticula → species Tegeticula yuccasella

Species name(s)

Tegeticula yuccasella (Riley, 1873) = Pronuba yuccasella Riley, 1873 = Tegeticula alba Zeller, 1873 = intermedia (Riley, 1881) = Tegeticula mexicana Bastida, 1962 = Tegeticula yuccaella = Pronuba juccasella. [9, 11]

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:33135

Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

  • Pronuba juccasella [11].

Distribution

  • South-west America. [11].

General info about Imago

  • Butterfly not only lays eggs in the pistils of host plants (yucca), but also pre-transfer pollen to the stigma (yucca can not self-pollinate pollinated and not a simple transfer of pollen by insects). Moth collects pollen from the stamen, pollen lump it holds maxillary palps in special appendage.When placing a ball on the stigma of another flower, the butterfly fertilization provide yucca. [11].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Yucca. [11].

Pupa

  • Yucca blooms than annually, so the doll can pray yukkovoy provoit dormant for several years. [11].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

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