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{{Short description|Family of moths}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = | image_caption = ''Prodoxus decipiens'' | taxon = Prodoxidae | authority = Riley, 1881 | diversity_ref = <ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=van Nieukerken EJ, Kaila L, Kitching IJ, Kristensen NP, Lees DC, Minet J, Mitter C, Mutanen M, Regier JC, Simonsen TJ, Wahlberg N, Yen SH, Zahiri R, Adamski D, Baixeras J, Bartsch D, Bengtsson BÅ, Brown JW, Bucheli SR, Davis DR, De Prins J, De Prins W, Epstein ME, Gentili-Poole P, Gielis C, Hättenschwiler P, Hausmann A, Holloway JD, Kallies A, Karsholt O, Kawahara AY, Koster S, Kozlov MV, Lafontaine JD, Lamas G, Landry JF, Lee S, Nuss M, Park KT, Penz C, Rota J, Schintlmeister A, Schmidt BC, Sohn JC, Solis MA, Tarmann GM, Warren AD, Weller S, Yakovlev RV, Zolotuhin VV, Zwick A |display-authors=6 |date=2011 |title=Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 |journal=Zootaxa |volume=3148 |pages=212–221 |series=Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness |editor-last=Zhang |editor-first=Z.-Q. |url=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt03148p221.pdf }}</ref> | diversity = About 9 genera and 98 species | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = ''[[Greya]]''<br/> ''[[Lampronia]]''<br/> ''[[Mesepiola]]''<br/> ''[[Parategeticula]]''<br/> ''[[Prodoxoides]]''<br/> ''[[Prodoxus]]'' (syn: ''[[Agavenema]]'')<br/> ''[[Tegeticula]]''<br/> ''[[Tetragma]]'' }} The '''Prodoxidae''' are a family of moths, generally small in size and nondescript in appearance. They include species of moderate pest status, such as the [[Lampronia capitella|currant shoot borer]], and others of considerable ecological and evolutionary interest, such as various species of "yucca moths".
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