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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Gelechiinae » Litini » Coleotechnites » Coleotechnites thujaella - Hodges#1832 (Coleotechnites thujaella)

Species Coleotechnites thujaella - Hodges#1832

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Coleotechnites thujaella Pennsylvania Moth - Coleotechnites thujaella Pennsylvania Moth - Coleotechnites thujaella Gelechiidae - Coleotechnites thujaella
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Gelechioidea (Twirler Moths and kin)
Family Gelechiidae (Twirler Moths)
Subfamily Gelechiinae
Tribe Litini
Genus Coleotechnites
Species thujaella (Coleotechnites thujaella - Hodges#1832)
Hodges Number
1832
Other Common Names
Brown Cedar Leafminer Moth
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Author: Kearfott, 1903
Size
Adult wingspan is 9mm(1)
Range
NJ to New Brunswick and westward to Saskatchewan(1)
Season
late June to early August(1)
Food
Arborvitae(1)
Life Cycle
Eggs are deposited between scale-like leaves on growing tips. The larvae bore into the tips and mine the twigs, causing the foliage to turn brown.(1)
Overwinter as larvae in the mine.(1)
One generation per year.(1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Works Cited
1.Eastern Forest Insects
Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 7 December, 2013 - 3:34pm
Additional contributions by Marci Hess
Last updated 30 August, 2023 - 3:41pm

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