''Periploca'' is a genus of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

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Cosmopterigidae The Cosmopterigidae are a family of insects (cosmet moths) in the order Lepidoptera. These are small moths with narrow wings whose tiny larvae feed internally on the leaves, seeds and stems of their host plants. About 1500 species are described ...

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Periploca arsa ''Periploca arsa'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Ronald W. Hodges in 1978. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the ...

'' Hodges, 1978 *'' Periploca atrata'' Hodges, 1962 *''

Periploca cata ''Periploca cata'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Ronald W. Hodges in 1962. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Illinois and Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the Sout ...

'' Hodges, 1962 *'' Periploca ceanothiella'' (Cosens, 1908) *''

Periploca darwini ''Periploca darwini'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Bernard Landry in 2001. It is found on the Galápagos Islands. References * Moths described in 2001 Chrysopeleiinae Moths of South America {{Chryso ...

'' B. Landry, 2001 *''

Periploca dentella ''Periploca dentella'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Ronald W. Hodges in 1978. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California. Adults have been recorded on wing in May. The larvae feed on ...

'' Hodges, 1978 *'' Periploca devia'' Hodges, 1969 *'' Periploca dipapha'' Hodges, 1969 *''

Periploca facula ''Periploca facula'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Ronald W. Hodges in 1962. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a ...

'' Hodges, 1962 *'' Periploca fessa'' Hodges, 1962 *''

Periploca funebris ''Periploca funebris'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was first described by Ronald W. Hodges in 1962. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded in Arizona and California. Adults have been recorded on wing in May. ...

'' Hodges, 1962 *''

Periploca gleditschiaeella ''Periploca gleditschiaeella'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Vactor Tousey Chambers in 1876. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Maryland, Illinois, Ohio and Kentucky Kentucky ( , ...

'' (Chambers, 1876) (syn: ''Periploca gleditschiaeela'' Hodges, 1962) *'' Periploca gulosa'' Hodges, 1962 *''

Periploca hortatrix ''Periploca hortatrix'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Ronald W. Hodges in 1969. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arkansas, Illinois and Indiana. The wingspan The wingspan (or just ...

'' Hodges, 1969 *''

Periploca hostiata ''Periploca hostiata'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Ronald W. Hodges in 1969. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded in Washington, California and Arizona. Description The wingspan The wi ...

'' Hodges, 1969 *''

Periploca intermedia ''Periploca intermedia'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Ronald W. Hodges in 1978. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Centra ...

'' Hodges, 1978 *'' Periploca juniperi'' Hodges, 1978 *''

Periploca labes ''Periploca labes'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Ronald W. Hodges in 1969. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airp ...

'' Hodges, 1969 *''

Periploca laeta ''Periploca laeta'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Ronald W. Hodges in 1962. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Florida, Arizona, Illinois, Ohio, Quebec and West Virginia West Virgin ...

'' Hodges, 1962 *''

Periploca longipenis ''Periploca longipenis'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Bernard Landry in 2001. It is found on the Galápagos Islands The Galápagos Islands (Spanish: , , ) are an archipelago of volcanic islands. They are di ...

'' B. Landry, 2001 *''

Periploca mimula ''Periploca mimula'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Ronald W. Hodges in 1962. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona, Tennessee, Arkansas, Washington, Texas, and New Mexico ) , po ...

'' Hodges, 1962 *''

Periploca nigra ''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 Cal ...

'' Hodges, 1962 *''

Periploca opinatrix ''Periploca opinatrix'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Ronald W. Hodges in 1969. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Wyoming. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an a ...

'' Hodges, 1969 *''

Periploca orichalcella ''Periploca orichalcella'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1864. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Virginia, Illinois and western Texas to California ...

'' (Clemens, 1864) (syn: ''Eriphia concolorella'' Chambers, 1875, ''Periploca purpuriella'' Braun, 1919) *'' Periploca otrebla'' H.A. Vargas, 2003 *''

Periploca palaearcticella ''Periploca palaearcticella'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Sinev in 1986. It is found in Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Norther ...

'' Sinev, 1986 *'' Periploca repanda'' Hodges, 1978 *''

Periploca serrulata ''Periploca serrulata'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Ronald W. Hodges in 1978. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Utah Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of t ...

'' Hodges, 1978 *''

Periploca soror ''Periploca soror'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Ronald W. Hodges in 1978. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is ...

'' Hodges, 1978 *''

Periploca teres ''Periploca teres'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Ronald W. Hodges in 1978. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a U ...

'' Hodges, 1978 *''

Periploca tridens ''Periploca tridens'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Ronald W. Hodges in 1978. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United S ...

'' Hodges, 1978

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Chrysopeleiinae Moth genera {{Chrysopeleiinae-stub