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YUCCA MOTHS [1 record]

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Record 1 2007-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
Prodoxidae
Latin
OBS

A family of insects which belongs to the Lepidoptera.

OBS

Members of the Prodoxidae have been of great importance to the study of relationships between insects and plants ever since Darwin. Charles Riley's 1872 discovery that yucca moths are tied in an obligate pollination/herbivory relationship with their hosts quickly turned them into one of the textbook cases of coevolution.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Prodoxidae
Latin
OBS

Famille d'insectes de l'ordre des Lépidoptères qui regroupe plusieurs espèces.

Spanish

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