yucca moths

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• Yucca — This article is about the genus comprising species of perennials, shrubs, and trees. For the root vegetable, see Cassava. For other uses, see Yucca (disambiguation). Yucca Yucca filamentosa in New Zealand …   Wikipedia

• Yucca filifera — Yucca filifera …   Wikipédia en Français

• yucca — /yuk euh/, n. any plant belonging to the genus Yucca, of the agave family, native to the warmer regions of America, having pointed, usually rigid, sword shaped leaves and clusters of white, waxy flowers: the state flower of New Mexico. [1655 65;… …   Universalium

• yucca moth — any of several white moths of the genus Tegeticula that pollinate the yucca plant, the larvae of which develop in the ovary of the plant, consuming some of the seeds. [1890 95] * * * ▪ insect  (genus Tegeticula), any of four species of insects of …   Universalium

• yucca moth — noun : any of several silvery tineoid moths (genus Tegeticula) the females of which carry pollen that fertilizes the flowers of the yucca causing the growth of a seed pod in which the larvae feed …   Useful english dictionary

• lepidopteran — /lep i dop teuhr euhn/, adj. 1. lepidopterous. n. 2. a lepidopterous insect. [1850 55; LEPIDOPTER(A) + AN] * * * Any of the more than 100,000 species constituting the order Lepidoptera (Greek: scaly wing ): butterflies, moths, and skippers. The… …   Universalium

• community ecology — Introduction       study of the organization and functioning of communities (community), which are assemblages of interacting populations of the species living within a particular area or habitat.       As populations of species interact with one …   Universalium

• Coevolution — Bumblebees and the flowers they pollinate have coevolved so that both have become dependent on each other for survival. In biology, coevolution is the change of a biological object triggered by the change of a related object. [1] Coevolution can… …   Wikipedia

• Prodoxidae — Taxobox name = Prodoxidae regnum = Animalia image width = 250px image caption = Yucca Moth phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta superordo = Amphiesmenoptera ordo = Lepidoptera subordo = Glossata cohort = Myoglossata subcohort = Neolepidoptera… …   Wikipedia

• Microlepidoptera — Some typical microlepidoptera. An Alucitid Many plumed moth is shown top centre; a white Pterophorid Plume moth at centre Microlepidoptera (micromoths) is an artificial (i.e., unranked and not monophyletic) grouping of moth families, commonly… …   Wikipedia

• Cheating (biology) — Cheating is a metaphor commonly used in behavioral ecology to describe organisms that receive a benefit at the cost of others. Cheating is common in many mutualistic and altruistic relationships.[1] Natural selection favors cheating, but there… …   Wikipedia