Prodoxus aenescens

Prodoxus aenescens is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. In North America it is found in central-southern cismontane California, north-western Arizona and Baja California Norte. The habitat consists of coastal chaparral and montane dry shrubby grassland.

Prodoxus aenescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Prodoxidae
Genus: Prodoxus
Species:
P. aenescens
Binomial name
Prodoxus aenescens
Riley, 1881

The wingspan is 9–15 mm.[1]

The larvae feed on Yucca whipplei.

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