Periploca
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Periploca is a genus of moth
in the family Cosmopterigidae
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Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
in the family Cosmopterigidae
Cosmopterigidae
Cosmopterigidae is a family of insects in the Lepidoptera order. These are small moths with narrow wings whose tiny larvae feed internally on the leaves, seeds, stems, etc of their host plants. There are about 1,500 described species...
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Species
- Periploca arsa Hodges, 1978
- Periploca atrata Hodges, 1962
- Periploca cata Hodges, 1962
- Periploca ceanothiella (Cosens, 1908)
- Periploca dentella Hodges, 1978
- Periploca devia Hodges, 1969
- Periploca dipapha Hodges, 1969
- Periploca facula Hodges, 1962
- Periploca fessa Hodges, 1962
- Periploca funebris Hodges, 1962
- Periploca gleditschiaeella (Chambers, 1876) (syn: Periploca gleditschiaeela Hodges, 1962)
- Periploca gulosa Hodges, 1962
- Periploca hortatrix Hodges, 1969
- Periploca hostiata Hodges, 1969
- Periploca intermedia Hodges, 1978
- Periploca juniperi Hodges, 1978
- Periploca labes Hodges, 1969
- Periploca laeta Hodges, 1962
- Periploca mimula Hodges, 1962
- Periploca nigra Hodges, 1962
- Periploca opinatrix Hodges, 1969
- Periploca orichalcella (Clemens, 1864) (syn: Eriphia concolorella Chambers, 1875, Periploca purpuriella Braun, 1919)
- Periploca otrebla H.A. Vargas, 2003
- Periploca repanda Hodges, 1978
- Periploca serrulata Hodges, 1978
- Periploca soror Hodges, 1978
- Periploca teres Hodges, 1978
- Periploca tridens Hodges, 1978