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.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
| Genus: | Periploca |
| Species: | P. orichalcella
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| Binomial name | |
| Periploca orichalcella (Clemens, 1864)
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References
edit- ^ Periploca at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University.
- Arctiidae genus list. Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.