Tegeticula maculata
Species of moth
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Tegeticula maculata is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in North America in central-southern cismontane California, in the Sierra Nevada north to Fresno County, in north-western Arizona, and from Baja California Norte to the Vizcaino region. The habitat consists of coastal chaparral and montane dry shrubby grassland.
| Tegeticula maculata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Prodoxidae |
| Genus: | Tegeticula |
| Species: | T. maculata |
| Binomial name | |
| Tegeticula maculata (Riley, 1881) | |
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Description
Ecology
The larvae feed exclusively on developing seeds of Hesperoyucca whipplei.[2] It is the sole pollinator of Hesperoyucca whipplei.
Subspecies
- Tegeticula maculata maculata
- Tegeticula maculata extranea (Edwards, 1888)
