A close-up of the head of a female. Note the light pollen mass just below the eye. The dark coiled structure is the tentacle, while the lighter coiled structure is the proboscis.
After feeding for several weeks, the larvae bore holes through the seed capsule and dropped to the ground to enter diapause. Note the two bore holes near the center of this old seed capsule of Yucca filamentosa.
Photo Gallery for Tegeticula yuccasella - Yucca Moth
Photos: 18
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2025-06-20 Madison Co. Comment: A female with tentacles.
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2025-06-20 Madison Co. Comment: Specimen was dissected (female).
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-07-20 Madison Co. Comment: A larva from a seed capsule of Yucca filaments.
Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2024-05-11 Pender Co. Comment:
Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2024-05-05 Pender Co. Comment:
Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2024-05-05 Pender Co. Comment:
Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2023-10-23 Pender Co. Comment:
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2023-08-28 Buncombe Co. Comment: A larva that was dissected from a seed capsule of Yucca filamentosa.
Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2023-05-01 Pender Co. Comment:
Recorded by: David George on 2023-03-27 New Hanover Co. Comment:
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-08-24 Clay Co. Comment:
Recorded by: Dean Furbish and Joy Wiggins on 2022-05-02 Pender Co. Comment:
Recorded by: Dean Furbish and Joy Wiggins on 2022-05-02 Pender Co. Comment:
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2020-08-29 Madison Co. Comment:
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-06-26 Buncombe Co. Comment: A female that was on Yucca filamentosa flowers; note the companion photo that shows a tentacle.
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-06-26 Buncombe Co. Comment: A female that was on Yucca filamentosa flowers; note the companion photo that shows a tentacle.
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-06-26 Buncombe Co. Comment:
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2020-06-22 Madison Co. Comment: