Species Periploca atrata - Juniper cone moth - Hodges#1571

Classification · Hodges Number · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Internet References · Works Cited

Larva within Alligator Juniper berry - Periploca atrata

Larva within Alligator Juniper berry, close - Periploca atrata

Larva excised from Alligator Juniper berry - Periploca atrata

Larva excised from Alligator Juniper berry, preserved, dorsal - Periploca atrata

Larva excised from Alligator Juniper berry, preserved, lateral - Periploca atrata

Larva excised from Alligator Juniper berry, preserved, ventral abdomen, anterior head - Periploca atrata

Pupa within Alligator Juniper berry - Periploca atrata

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Gelechioidea (Twirler Moths and kin)

Family Cosmopterigidae (Cosmet Moths)

Subfamily Chrysopeleiinae

Genus Periploca

Species atrata ( Juniper cone moth - Hodges#1571)

Hodges Number

1571

Explanation of Names

Periploca atrata Hodges, 1962(1)

Range

CA, AZ, and (BG record) NM

Food

Larvae hollow out and inhabit the seeds of Juniperus spp. (juniper) berry-like cones. They have been recorded in J. califonica, J. deppeana, J. occidentalis, and J. osteosperma(2)(3).

Life Cycle

See references(3)(4)

Internet References

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MPG

Works Cited

1.	A review of the genus Periploca with descriptions of nine new species (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) R. W. Hodges. 1962. The Pan-Pacific entomologist, Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 83-97.

2.	Observations on larval and pupal habits of the juniper cone moth, Periphca atrata Hodges (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) J. A. Powell. 1963. The Pan-Pacific entomologist, Vol. 39, pp. 177-181.

3.	Life history and distributional information for 3 species of Periploca...inhabiting Juniperus spp...berries in the western U.S. Kirk C. Tonkel, Lindsay A. Dimitri, Brian G. Rector, William S. Longland, and Veronica S. Kirchoff . 2019. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 95(1):37-46.

4.	The insect microcosm of Western Juniper berries L. A. Dimitri, K. C. Tonkel, W. S. Longland, and B. G. Rector. 2014. Rangelands 36(3):8-11.

Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 27 May, 2019 - 5:11pm
Last updated 27 May, 2019 - 6:22pm

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