Periploca juniperi
Periploca juniperi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
Genus: | Periploca |
Species: | P. juniperi |
Binomial name | |
Periploca juniperi Hodges, 1978 | |
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Periploca juniperi is a moth in the Cosmopterigidae family. It was described by Hodges in 1978. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Wyoming and California.[1][2]
Adults have been recorded on wing from June to August and in December.
The larvae feed within Gymnosporangium-galls on Juniperus species.
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