Tegeticula tambasi

Tegeticula tambasi is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in Mexico from northern central San Luis Potosí south-east to Querétaro, and south-westward beyond Morelia, Michoacán.

Tegeticula tambasi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Prodoxidae
Genus: Tegeticula
Species:
T. tambasi
Binomial name
Tegeticula tambasi
Pellmyr & Balcázar-Lara, 2008

The wingspan is 20–24 mm for males and 26-27.5 mm for females. The forewings are white with a narrow band of dark brown scales. The hindwings are dark brownish grey or light brownish grey. Adults are on wing from late May to mid-August.[1]

The larvae feed on Yucca filifera.

Etymology

The species epithet is derived from tambasi, the Purépecha language name for the sole known host in the region of the type locality.

References

  1. Olle Pellmyr & Manuel Balcázar-Lara, 2008, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 152 (2): 297-314


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