Overview
Brief Summary
Characteristics
Wing expanse 8-14 mm. Forewing uniformly cream to dark tan, without pattern. Hindwings usually a somewhat darker shade, gray.
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Comprehensive Description
Comparison with Similar Species
No described species is similar, but two species are compiled under this name (Frack 1982). Diagnostic traits to distinguish between them have not been published.
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Distribution
Geographic Distribution
Throughout the range of Yucca brevifolia: Mojave desert in SE California, NW Arizona, and S Nevada.
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Physical Description
Morphology
Adult Characteristics
Wing expanse 8-14 mm. Forewing uniformly cream to dark tan, without pattern. Hindwings usually a somewhat darker shade, gray.
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Type Information
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Entomology
Sex/Stage: no sex;
Preparation: Pinned
Locality: Los Angeles Co.; Cal., Los Angeles, California, United States
- Syntype: Riley, C. V. 1892. Missouri Botanical Garden Annual Report. 3: 153.
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Ecology
Habitat
Habitat
In shrub desert with Yucca brevifolia; a striking habitat photograph is provided by U2 (1987).
Characteristic habitat; San Bernardino Co., California.
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Life History and Behavior
Life Cycle
Host, Oviposition, and Larval Feeding Habits
Only from Yucca brevifolia, the Joshua Tree. Larva is said to bore in fleshy parts of the fruit (Davis 1967).
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Barcode data: Prodoxus sordidus
There are 2 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank. Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species. See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Prodoxus sordidus
Public Records: 2
Species: 2
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Wikipedia
Prodoxus sordidus
Prodoxus sordidus is a moth of the Prodoxidae family. It is found in the Mojave desert in south-eastern California, north-western Arizona and southern Nevada.[1]
The wingspan is 8-9.8 mm for males and 9.4-12.3 for females. The forewings are uniform light or occasionally medium tan. The hindwings are light grey along the front edge, gradually fading to light greyish white on the rest of the wing.[2] Adults are on wing from March to mid May.
The larvae feed on Yucca brevifolia. They feed superficially inside the stalk and can diapause for at least six years before pupation and emergence.
References
- ^ TOLweb
- ^ Pellmyr, O, 2006: Phylogeny and life history evolution of Prodoxus yucca moths (Lepidoptera: Prodoxidae). Systematic Entomology 31: 1-20.
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