Coleotechnites ducharmei

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Coleotechnites ducharmei
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Coleotechnites
Species:
C. ducharmei
Binomial name
Coleotechnites ducharmei
(Freeman, 1962)
Synonyms
  • Eucordylea ducharmeiFreeman, 1962

Coleotechnites ducharmei is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded in south-western Nova Scotia, southern Quebec, Ontario, and Alberta. [1] [2]

Adults are brownish-grey. There is one generation per year, with adults on the wing in June.

The larvae feed on Picea species, including Picea rubens , Picea mariana, and Picea glauca . Young larvae are yellowish with a dark brown head. Full-grown larvae have a distinctive body pattern consisting of transverse pink bands on a cream-yellow ground colour. Pupation takes place on the ground. The species overwinters in the pupal stage. [3]

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