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]
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Detailed information with references
Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations
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
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.
References
- [9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
- [11] Жизнь животных по А. Э. Брему. Т.2: Членистоногие. М.: Учпедгиз РСФСР, 1941
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