Parategeticula

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Incurvariina
Superfamilia: Adeloidea

Familia: Prodoxidae
Subfamilia: Prodoxinae
Genus: Parategeticula
Species (5): P. ecdysiastica – P. elephantipella – P. martella – P. pollenifera – P. tzoyatlella
Name

Parategeticula Davis, 1967

Type species: Parategeticula pollenifera Davis, 1967
References

Pellmyr, Olle & Manuel Balcázar-Lara, 2000, Annals of the Entomological Society of America 93 (3): 432–439.

Parategeticula is a genus of moths of the family Prodoxidae, one of three genera known as yucca moths; they are mutualistic pollinators of various Yucca species.
Species

Parategeticula ecdysiastica
Parategeticula elephantipella
Parategeticula martella
Parategeticula pollenifera
Parategeticula tzoyatlella

References

Parategeticula at tolweb