Tegeticula carnerosanella is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found from western Texas in the United States south to Mexico. The habitat consists of shrub desert.
Tegeticula carnerosanella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Prodoxidae |
Genus: | Tegeticula |
Species: | T. carnerosanella
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Binomial name | |
Tegeticula carnerosanella Pellmyr, 1999
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The wingspan is 20-27.5 mm. Both the forewings and hindwings are white. The larvae feed on Yucca carnerosana and Yucca faxoniana.[1]
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