Parategeticula tzoyatlella
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Prodoxidae |
Genus: | Parategeticula |
Species: | P. tzoyatlella
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Binomial name | |
Parategeticula tzoyatlella Pellmyr & Balcazar-Lara, 2000
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Parategeticula tzoyatlella is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in the southern Mapimí area of the Chihuahuan Desert in Mexico.
The wingspan is 19–24 mm for males and 21-25.5 mm for females. Adults are on wing in March.
The larvae feed on Yucca rostrata and Yucca rigida.[1]
Etymology[edit]
The species name is derived from tzoyatl, the Nahuatl name for Yucca rostrata.
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