Coleotechnites edulicola

Coleotechnites edulicola
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Coleotechnites
Species:
C. edulicola
Binomial name
Coleotechnites edulicola
Hodges and Stevens, 1978

Coleotechnites edulicola is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from New Mexico[1] and southern Utah and possibly Colorado.

The wingspan is about 10 mm.[2] Adults are on wing in June and July in one generation per year.[3]

The larvae feed on Pinus ponderosa and Pinus edulis.

References

  1. ^ mothphotographersgroup
  2. ^ Two New Pine Feeding species of Coleotechnites
  3. ^ Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 32(2), 1978, 123-129
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