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Prodoxidae 21a0064 – 0198.7   Tegeticula mexicana Bastida, 1962

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: mexicana Bastida, 1962 (Tegeticula) - MONA 1983: [NEW in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) (2023)] treculeanella Pellmyr, 1999 (Tegeticula); Holotype: "Texas, Cameron Co., Laguna Atascosa Nat'l Wildlife Refuge". Taxonomic Notes: Tegeticula mexicana Bastida, 1962, previously considered to be absent north of Mexico, includes as a synonym [0198.7] Tegeticula treculeanella Pellmyr, 1999 in Pellmyr et al. (2008), Zool J. Linnean Soc., 24(3): 309.

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Barcode of Life (BOLD) Pellmyr, O., 1999. A systematic revision of the yucca moths in the Tegeticula yuccasella complex north of Mexico. Systematic Entomology, 24(3): 267; Fig. 1I. (PDF) Pellmyr, O., M. Balcázar-Lara, K.A. Segraves, D.M. Althoff, R.J. Littlefield, 2008. Phylogeny of the pollinating yucca moths, with revision of Mexican species (Tegeticula and Parategeticula; Lepidoptera, Prodoxidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 152(2): 297-314.

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