Periploca nigra

Periploca nigra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Periploca
Species: P. nigra
Binomial name
Periploca nigra
Hodges, 1962

Periploca nigra, the juniper twig girdler, is a moth in the Cosmopterigidae family. It was described by Hodges in 1962. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from New York to Virginia and from Louisiana to California.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 9 mm. Adults are shiny, brownish black. Adults have been recorded on wing from January to July.

The larvae feed on Juniperus chinensis, Juniperus horizontalis, Juniperus sabina and Juniperus virginiana. They tunnel under the bark of twigs of their host plant. Smaller limbs first become yellow, then brown and finally die. Full-grown larvae have a cream colored body with a brown head.[3]

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