Periploca juniperi

Periploca juniperi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Periploca
Species: P. juniperi
Binomial name
Periploca juniperi
Hodges, 1978
Synonyms
  • Periploca juniperae

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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