Prodoxus phylloryctus
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Prodoxidae |
Genus: | Prodoxus |
Species: | P. phylloryctus
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Binomial name | |
Prodoxus phylloryctus Wagner & Powell, 1988
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Prodoxus phylloryctus is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in south-western Colorado, United States. The habitat consists of open oak-pine forests.
The larvae feed on Yucca baccata. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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