Tessellata is a common name for the fiddleneck Amsinckia tessellata. It is derived from the same Latin word to engender tesselate.
Tessellata appears in the scientific nomenclature for many other species as well, including:
Bryozoans Schizoretepora tessellata
Fungi Hormosphaeria tessellata
Lichens Lecidea tessellata Mastodia tessellata Pseudopaulia tessellata
Plants Acacia tessellata, a shrub Allocasuarina tessellata, a dicotyledonous flowering plant Arbutus tessellata, a heath Bergbambos tessellata, a bamboo Carex tessellata, a sedge now synonymized with Carex acutata Haworthiopsis tessellata, a monocot Notechidnopsis tessellata, a dogbane
Orchids Caladenia tessellata Vanda tessellata
Animals
Crabs Lybia tessellata
Mollusks Alvania_tessellata Aphera tessellata Aspilapteryx tessellata Cassis tessellata Cryptogemma tessellata Fenimorea tessellata Halgerda tessellata Kermia tessellata (synonymous to Clathurella tessellata) Mumiola tesselata Nerita tessellata Oliva tessellata Partulina tessellata Pupa tessellata Terebra tessellata Tonna tessellata
Insects
Butterflies Niphanda tessellata Plastingia tessellata
Moths Auratonota tessellata Calligraphidia tessellata Eois tessellata Eugoa tessellata Euxoa tessellata Hypercompe tessellata Langsdorfia tessellata Littoraria tessellata Ochrodota tessellata Salagena tessellata Scolecocampa tessellata Sparganopseustis tessellata Stamnodes tessellata Symphlebia tessellata
Other insects Campiglossa tessellata, a fruit fly Chetogena tessellata, a parasitic fly Decimiana tessellata, a praying mantis Empis tessellata, a dance fly Nusalala tessellata, a lacewing Pithodia tessellata, a longhorn beetle Tetratoma tessellata, a polypore fungus beetle Tessellana tessellata, a cricket
Spiders Leucauge tessellata
Vertebrates Natrix tessellata, a snake Notothenia tessellata, a ray-finned fish Nucras tessellata, a lizard Trachylepis tessellata, a skink
See also Tessellana, a genus of brush crickets