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7112.— Holland, 1905, p. 411, figs. 262, 263.— Braun, 1919, p. 362.— Fracker, 

 1930, p. 61.— Trelease, 1941, pp. 3529, 2530.— Miller, 1949, pp. 135-147.— 

 Comstock, 1950, p. 599 [synonym of Tegeticula alba]. — Bourgogne, 1951, 

 p. 374 [synonym of Tegeticula alba]. 



Promiba [sic] yuccasella Riley. — Kirby, 1874, pp. 380. 



Pronuba yuccaella [sic] Boll, 1876, p. 401, 



Tegeticula yuccasella (Riley). — Walsingham, 1903, p. 260; 1914, p. 369. — Barnes and 

 McDunnough, 1917, p. 197, no. 8471.— Forbes, 1923, p. 75, figs. 49, 50.— 

 Braun, 1924, p. 238, pi. 23, fig. 5.— Forbes, 1928, p. 534.— Fletcher, 1929, 

 pp. 185, 217 [synonym of Tegeticula alba]. — McDunnough, 1939, no. 9834 

 [synonym of Tegeticula alba]. — Lindinger, 1941. p. 237. — Rau, 1945, p. 

 373 ff.— Busck, 1947, pp. 180, 181, 182.— Webber, 1953, p. 65.— Peterson, 

 1956, p. 226, pi. L 58, fig. E.— Imms, 1957, p. 539.— Bastida, 1962, pp. 269- 

 270. 



Tegiticula [sic] yuccasella (Riley). — Braun, 1924, p. 256. 



Tegeticula alba Zeller, 1873, p. 232; 1875 p. 340 [synonym of Pronuba yuccasella]. — 

 Boll, 1876, p. 401. — Riley, 1876a, p. 325 [synonym of Pronuba yuccasella]. — 

 Chambers, 1878a, p. 161 [synonym of Pronuba yuccasella]. — Hagen, 1880, 

 p. 129. — Riley, 1881, p. 639 [synonym of Pronuba yuccasella]; 1891a, no. 

 5179 [synonym of Pronuba yuccasella]. — Dyar, 1902 [1903] no. 6574 [synonym 

 of Promiba yuccasella]. — Walsingham, 1903, p. 260 [synonym of Tegeticula 

 yuccasella]; 1914, p. 369 [synonym of Tegeticula yuccasella]. — Barnes and 

 McDunnough, 1917, p. 197, no. 8471.— Eyer, 1924, p. 309, pi. 29, fig. 2.— 

 Fletcher, 1929, p. 217.— Busck, 1931, p. 201, fig. 1.— McDunnough, 1939, 

 no. 9834. — Lindinger, 1941, p. 237 [synonym of Tegeticula yuccasella]. — 

 Busck, 1947, p. 182 [synonym of Tegeticula yuccasella]. — Comstock, 1950, 

 p. 599, fig. 725.— Bourgogne, 1951, pp. 374-375, figs. 364-365. 



Prodoxus intermedins Riley, 1881, pp. 635, 639, fig. 11; 1891a, p. 97, no. 5186; 

 1892a, p. 148, pi. 43, fig. 1; 1893a, p. 49; 1893b, p. 307.— Trelease, 1893; 

 p. 206.— Dyar, 1902 [1903], p. 723, no. 6565; 1903b, p. 103.— Kearfott, 

 1903, p. 124, no. 7103.— Barnes and McDunnough, 1917, p. 197, no. 8461.— 

 McDunnough, 1939, no. 9824.— Busck, 1947, pp. 181, 182 [synonym of 

 Tegeticula yuccasella]. 



Tegeticula mexicana Bastida, 1962, pp. 259-272, figs. 1-10 [new synonymy]. 



Adult (figs. 86-87). — Wing expanse: male, 15-27 mm; female, 

 20-33 mm. 



Head (figs. 31-32, 40, 50, 52) : White. Maxillary tentacle normally 

 fully developed in female, sometimes vestigial. Labial palpus with 

 dorsal siu-face of first and second segments darli brown, scales smoothly 

 appressed; scales of ventral surface white, mostly hairlike and erect; 

 apical segment entirely white. 



Thorax: White. Primaries with dorsal surface immaculate white, 

 lustrous; ventral surface and basal fourth of costal margin brown, 

 with a somewhat bronzy iridescense; fringe of both fore- and hind- 

 wings white above and below. Dorsal surface of secondaries appear- 

 ing darker then forewing, due to thinner scaling of former; scales 

 narrow, approximately one-half to two-thirds the width of those in 

 primaries; ventral surface with costal third of wing brownish, posterior 

 two-thirds nearly white. 



