| Coleotechnites edulicola | |
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Scientific classification 
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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 and southern Utah and possibly Colorado.
The wingspan is about 10 mm. Adults are on wing in June and July in one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Pinus ponderosa and Pinus edulis.
References
- mothphotographersgroup
- Two New Pine Feeding species of Coleotechnites
- Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 32(2), 1978, 123-129
External links
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Coleotechnites edulicola | |
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