yucca borer

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Noun

yucca borer (plural yucca borers)

  1. Either of two Californian boring weevils (Rhinostomus frontalis and Scyphophorus yuccae).
  2. A large moth-like butterfly (skipper), Megathymus yuccae of the family Hesperiidae, whose larva bores in yucca roots.

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