| Moths of North Dakota |
Prodoxidae: Prodoxinae |
Tegeticula yuccasella (Riley 1872)
| Common name: Yucca moth.
Hodges #: 198. Identification: Rfw 12 mm, media stem present in discal cell of both wings, fws unmarked white, labial palpi shorter than long folded maxillary palpi, females possess maxillary tentacles. Similar species: 200, 2420, 3399, and 8051. Distribution: southern New England states to western North Dakota, southwestward to California and south to southern Mexico. Hosts: larvae bore in seed pods of Yucca glauca Nuttall– Yucca, moths rest in the closed blossoms.
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ND, Emmons Co., Linton. 11- VI- 1963, coll. R. Poole.
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