Biology:Periploca nigra

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Short description: Species of moth

Periploca nigra
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
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 family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Ronald W. 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]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q14083417 entry