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Mesepiola

Mesepiola specca is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in desert and chaparral habitats in southern California, Arizona and New Mexico.

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Mesepiola specca
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Prodoxidae
Genus: Mesepiola
Davis, 1967
Species:
M. specca
Binomial name
Mesepiola specca
Davis, 1967

Mesepiola specca is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in desert and chaparral habitats in southern California, Arizona and New Mexico.

The wingspan is 8–12 mm.1 Adults feed on flower nectar of the larval host plants.

The larvae feed on Nolina and Dasylirion species.

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