| Periploca gleditschiaeella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
| Genus: | Periploca |
| Species: | P. gleditschiaeella |
| Binomial name | |
| Periploca gleditschiaeella (Chambers, 1876) | |
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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.[1][2]
The larvae feed on Gleditschia triacanthos.
References
- ↑ Periploca at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
- Arctiidae genus list at Butterflies and Moths of the World of the Natural History Museum
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