Coleotechnites ponderosae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Coleotechnites |
Species: | C. ponderosae |
Binomial name | |
Coleotechnites ponderosae Hodges and Stevens, 1978 | |
Coleotechnites ponderosae, the ponderosa pine needleminer, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Colorado. [1] [2]
The length of the forewings is 3.9-4.8 mm. The forewings are mottled brown and white, with the scale bases white. The hindwings are yellowish gray. [3]
The larvae feed on Pinus ponderosa . Young larvae bore into young needles of their host plant. Larvae complete development in a single needle, pupating in midsummer. [4]
The black arches or nun moth is a small Palaearctic moth. It is considered a forest pest.
Coleotechnites gibsonella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in the north-eastern parts of the United States and Canada. The type specimen was found in Hull, Quebec in 1905 by Arthur Gibson.
The orange larch tubemaker is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in the north-eastern parts of the United States, as well as Canada.
The brown hemlock needleminer is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in the north-eastern parts of the United States, as well as Canada.
The ponderosa pine needleminer is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Colorado.
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.
Coleotechnites piceaella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in north-eastern United States and Canada. It is an introduced species in Europe and was first recorded from Great Britain in 1952, then Germany in 1963 and has expanded from there over all of central Europe, towards France, Italy and Hungary.
Rhyacionia bushnelli, the western pine tip moth, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the United States, including Alabama, Nebraska, North Dakota and Montana.
Dioryctria ponderosae, the ponderosa twig moth, is a moth of the family Pyralidae. The species was first described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1914. It is found in North America from Washington and Montana south to California and northern Mexico.
Eupinivora ponderosae is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the montane regions of the western United States from Nevada, Utah, Wyoming and Colorado, south to Arizona and New Mexico and east to Texas. The habitat consists of conifer-dominated areas at elevations ranging from 1,700 to 2,700 meters.
Coleotechnites albicostata, the white-edged coleotechnites moth, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ontario and Tennessee.
Coleotechnites alnifructella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Virginia.
Coleotechnites atrupictella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alberta, British Columbia, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, New York, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Saskatchewan and Washington.
Coleotechnites canusella, the banded jack-pine needleminer moth, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from British Columbia, Washington, Alabama, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico and South Carolina.
Coleotechnites condignella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California, Arizona, South Carolina and Florida.
Coleotechnites ducharmei is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from south-western Nova Scotia, southern Quebec, Ontario and Alberta.
Coleotechnites huntella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California and Oregon.
Coleotechnites pinella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Colorado.
Coleotechnites resinosae, the red pine needleminer moth, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Ontario, Alabama and New Hampshire.
Exoteleia anomala, the ponderoa pine needle miner, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico and Arizona.