Tegeticula rostratella

Tegeticula rostratella is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in the Big Bend region of the United States, south to the Mapimí region in southern Coahuila in Mexico. The habitat consists of scrub desert.

Tegeticula rostratella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Prodoxidae
Genus: Tegeticula
Species:
T. rostratella
Binomial name
Tegeticula rostratella
Pellmyr, 1999

The wingspan is 18.5–26 mm.[1]

The larvae feed on Yucca rostrata and Yucca rigida.

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