Periploca nigra
Hodges, 1962
juniper twig girdler
Periploca nigra, commonly known as the juniper twig girdler, is a small in the Cosmopterigidae. The was described by Ronald W. Hodges in 1962. It is found across a broad range of the United States, from the Atlantic seaboard to the Southwest. The suggests an association with juniper, though specific ecological details remain poorly documented.
Pronunciation
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Identification
Small in the Cosmopterigidae; specific diagnostic characters for distinguishing P. nigra from are not documented in available sources. are presumably small with narrow wings typical of the family.
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Distribution
United States: recorded from New York to Virginia along the Atlantic coast, and from Louisiana to California across the southern and western states.
Host Associations
- Juniperus - probable Inferred from "juniper twig girdler"; specific unconfirmed
Similar Taxa
- Periploca ceanothiellaCongeneric in the same , also in Cosmopterigidae; P. ceanothiella is known to be associated with Ceanothus rather than Juniperus
- Other Cosmopterigidae contains numerous small, narrow-winged that require genitalia dissection or molecular analysis for definitive identification