About Tegeticula yuccasella (Riley, 1873)
Tegeticula yuccasella, commonly known as the yucca moth, is a moth species belonging to the family Prodoxidae. This species was first described by Charles Valentine Riley in 1872, with the scientific authority citation (Riley, 1873). It is distributed across North America, ranging from Texas in the southern United States up to southern Canada. The wingspan of adult yucca moths measures between 18 and 27 mm. The larvae of this moth feed on a range of Yucca species: Yucca filamentosa, Yucca smalliana, Yucca flaccida, Yucca glauca, Yucca arkansana, Yucca constricta, Yucca rupicola, Yucca pallida, Yucca reverchoni, and Yucca aloifolia.
