Tegeticula

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
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: Tegeticula
Species: T. baja – T. californica – T. mexicana – T. tambasi – T. tehuacana

Tegeticula 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

Tegeticula altiplanella
Tegeticula antithetica
Tegeticula baccatella
Tegeticula baja
Tegeticula california
Tegeticula carnerosanella
Tegeticula cassandra
Tegeticula corruptrix
Tegeticula elatella
Tegeticula intermedia
Tegeticula maculata
Tegeticula maderae
Tegeticula mexicana (syn: Tegeticula treculeanella)
Tegeticula mojavella
Tegeticula rostratella
Tegeticula superficiella
Tegeticula synthetica (syn: Tegeticula paradoxa)[1]
Tegeticula tambasi
Tegeticula tehuacana
Tegeticula yuccasella

References

Althoff, D.M., Segraves, K.A., Leebens-Mack, J., & Pellmyr, O. (2006). "Patterns of Speciation in the Yucca Moths: Parallel Species Radiations within the Tegeticula yuccasella Species Complex." Systematic Biology 55(3): 398-410. doi:10.1080/10635150600697325

Davis, Donald R. 1967. "A Revision of the Moths of the Subfamily Prodoxinae (Lepidoptera: Incurvariidae)." Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 1–170, 155 figures, 3 tables, 17 maps, 3 diagrams. https://doi.org/10.5479