Mitochondrial DNA phylogeny of the
Prodoxidae (Lepidoptera: Incurvarioidea) indicates rapid ecological diversification of yucca moths.
Pollen dispersal in Yucca filamentosa (Agavaceae): the paradox of self-pollination behavior by Tegeticula yuccasella (
Prodoxidae).
The yucca moth (Tegeticula yuccasella (Riley), family
Prodoxidae) is the sole pollinator of the many yucca plants in the Sand Hills.
Oviposition and pollination behavior of the yucca moth, Tegeticula maculata (Lepidoptera:
Prodoxidae), and its relation to the reproductive biology of Yucca whipplei (Agavaceae).
Phylogeny of Greya (Lepidoptera:
Prodoxidae), based on nucleotide sequence variation in mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I and II.
Biology and systematics of Greya Busck and Tetragma, new genus (Lepidoptera:
Prodoxidae).
Phylogeny of Greya (Lepidoptera:
Prodoxidae) based on nucleotide sequence variation in mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I and II: Congruence with morphological data.
Greya subalba (
Prodoxidae) moths oviposit into the developing seeds and distribute their eggs broadly among plants throughout the population (Thompson 1986, 1987).
The genus Greya (
Prodoxidae) is the sister taxon to the yucca moth clade and includes 15-16 species that have radiated onto plants in the Saxifragaceae and Umbelliferae (Thompson 1987, Davis et al.
Recent combined ecological and phylogenetic work for the yucca moth family
Prodoxidae (Pellmyr and Thompson 1992, Pellmyr et al, 1996a) suggests that the origin of active pollination arose among organisms that already possessed most of the traits required to select for active pollination and obligate mutualism, thus this instance required little evolutionary novelty at its inception.