Prodoxus tehuacanensis is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in Mexico in the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán region of Puebla and Oaxaca.
Prodoxus tehuacanensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Prodoxidae |
Genus: | Prodoxus |
Species: | P. tehuacanensis
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Binomial name | |
Prodoxus tehuacanensis Pellmyr & Balcazar-Lara, 2005
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The wingspan is 8.3-11.25 mm for males and 9.2-11.6 mm for females.[1] Adults are on wing in late April.
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- ^ Pellmyr, O, 2006: Phylogeny and life history evolution of Prodoxus yucca moths (Lepidoptera: Prodoxidae). Systematic Entomology 31: 1-20.