[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

yucca \yuc"ca\, n. nl., from yuca, its name in st. domingo.
   bot.
   a genus of american liliaceous, sometimes arborescent, plants
   having long, pointed, and often rigid, leaves at the top of a
   more or less woody stem, and bearing a large panicle of showy
   white blossoms.
   1913 webster

   note: the species with more rigid leaves as yucca
         aloifolia, yucca treculiana, and yucca baccata
         are called spanish bayonet, and one with softer
         leaves yucca filamentosa is called bear grass,
         and adam's needle.
         1913 webster

   yucca moth zool., a small silvery moth pronuba
      yuccasella whose larvae feed on plants of the genus
      yucca.
      1913 webster
see also:
yucca aloifolia yucca treculiana yucca baccata spanish bayonet yucca filamentosa bear grass 
adam's needle yucca moth pronuba yuccasella yucca 

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http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ww0902a.htm
Stigma lobes and central stigmatic orifice of the Mojave yucca (Yucca schidigera). The female yucca moth (Tegeticula ... Feathery stigma lobes and central stigmatic depression of the chaparral yucca (Yucca whipplei). The female yucca moth ( ...
http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ww0902a.htm, score=2185571, date indexed=May 18, 2007, 8:14 pm

yucca moth -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
If you think a reference to this article on yucca moth will enhance your website, blog-post, or any other web-content, ... Each of the four species is adapted to a particular species of yucca. The moths emerge when the yucca flowers open. The ...
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9078124, score=2174524, date indexed=September 26, 2007, 3:17 pm

Prodoxidae
Their bore holes are a common sight on trunks of such plants as the Soaptree yucca. Two of the three yucca moth genera ... The yucca plant cannot produce seeds without the moth, and without the plant the moths would die off in one generation.. ...
http://www.answers.com/topic/yucca-moth, score=2168520, date indexed=March 17, 2007, 11:38 am

Multiple Origins of the Yucca-Yucca Moth Association -- Bogler et al. 92 (15): ...
... provide evidence that Yucca is not monophyletic, leading to the conclusion that the modern Yucca-yucca moth relationship ... prodoxid moth genera and the subsequent purposeful placement of the pollen on conspecific stigmas of species of Yucca. ...
http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/92/15/6864, score=2168508, date indexed=September 13, 2007, 9:45 am

Multiple Origins of the Yucca-Yucca Moth Association -- Bogler et al. 92 (15): ...
... provide evidence that Yucca is not monophyletic, leading to the conclusion that the modern Yucca-yucca moth relationship ... prodoxid moth genera and the subsequent purposeful placement of the pollen on conspecific stigmas of species of Yucca. ...
http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/short/92/15/6864, score=2168508, date indexed=May 28, 2007, 2:30 am

yucca moth. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth ...
yucca moth.  . NOUN:. A small white moth (Tegeticula alba) of North America that pollinates the yucca plant and at the ... yucca moth. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. ...
http://www.bartleby.com/61/19/Y0031950.html, score=2166508, date indexed=May 18, 2007, 7:28 pm

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