yucca moth
noun
1- a small white American moth which lays its eggs in the ovary of a yucca plant. While doing so it deposits a ball of pollen on the stigma, thereby fertilizing the seeds on which the larvae feed.丝兰蛾。
1.1
- Genus Tegeticula, family Incurvariidae: several species, in particular T. yuccasella.丝兰蛾属, 穿孔蛾科：数种, 尤指丝兰蛾。