Coleotechnites pinella

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Coleotechnites pinella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Coleotechnites
Species:
C. pinella
Binomial name
Coleotechnites pinella
(Busck, 1906)
Synonyms
  • Recurvaria pinellaBusck, 1906

Coleotechnites pinella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Colorado. [1] [2]

The wingspan is 9–10 mm. The forewings are dark purple, sparsely sprinkled with lighter scales. There is a thin, very indistinct and ill-defined oblique white fascia from the basal fourth of the costa to the basal third of the dorsal edge and there are also two or three very small tufts of black and white raised scales along the dorsal edge below the fold. The hindwings are light fuscous. [3]

The larvae feed on Pinus ponderosa .

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References

  1. Coleotechnites at funet
  2. mothphotographersgroup
  3. Can. Ent. 38 (6) : 212 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .