Periploca cata

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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.{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/cosmopterigidae/chrysopeleiinae/periploca/#cata |title=Periploca cata Hodges, 1962 |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=January 18, 2019}}{{cite web |url=http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=1574 |title=420280.00 – 1574 – Periploca cata – Hodges, 1962 |website=North American Moth Photographers Group |publisher=Mississippi State University |accessdate=January 18, 2019}}

Adults have been recorded on wing from May to August.

The larvae feed in Gymnosporangium-galls on Juniperus species.

References

{{cite web |last1=Pitkin |first1=Brian |last2=Jenkins |first2=Paul |name-list-style=amp |url=http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?&FAMILY=Arctiidae&sort=GENUS |title=Search results Family: Arctiidae |website=Butterflies and Moths of the World |publisher=Natural History Museum, London}}

Category:Moths described in 1962

Category:Chrysopeleiinae

Category:Taxa named by Ronald W. Hodges

Category:Moths of North America