Glyphidocera Juniperella
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''Glyphidocera juniperella'', the juniper tip moth, is a moth of the family Autostichidae. It is found in
North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...
, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi,
Oklahoma Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...
, South Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia. The length of the forewings is 7-8.5 mm. Adults are on wing from March to October. The larvae feed on ''
Juniperus horizontalis ''Juniperus horizontalis'', the creeping juniper or creeping cedar,Bailey, L.H.; Bailey, E.Z.; the staff of the Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. ''Hortus third: A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada''. Macm ...
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References

Moths described in 1987 Glyphidocerinae {{glyphidocerinae-stub