Tegeticula maculata

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
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Prodoxidae
Genus:	Tegeticula
Species:	T. maculata
Binomial name
Tegeticula maculata (Riley, 1881)
Synonyms
Pronuba maculata Riley, 1881 Pronuba apicella Dyar, 1903 Thia extranea Edwards, 1888 Pronuba aterrima Trelease, 1893

Description

The wingspan is 16–23 mm for ssp. maculata.^[1]

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)