Species Exoteleia dodecella - Pine Bud Moth - Hodges#1837

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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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 Exoteleia

Species dodecella (Pine Bud Moth - Hodges#1837)

Hodges Number

1837

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Exoteleia dodecella Linnaeus, 1758

Identification

Genitalia:

Range

Introduced to the north east and to the Vancouver area of British Columbia.

Food

Scotch and mugho pines are preferred but will attack eastern white, red, jack, and Austrian(1)

Life Cycle

Eggs are laid on current-year and 1-year-old shoots in late July or early August. The larvae feed on the needles during the first season; the following spring they feed on the buds.(1)

Overwinter as a 3rd instar in mined needles.(1)

Remarks

Introduced from Europe.

Higher densities of these moths can be found on conifer trees growing in close proximity to pulp mills where SO2 (sulfure dioxide) is prevalent.(2)

Print References

Adamski, D., Landry, J.-F., et al, 2010. History, Distribution, and Identification Of Exoteleia dodecella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in North America, With Insights into the Systematics of Exoteleia Wallengren using Characters of the Adult, Immatures, Bionomics, and DNA Barcodes. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 112(2): 183-206

Internet References

Images and Info at Moth Photographers Group

Images and Info at Barcoding Life

Works Cited

1.	Eastern Forest Insects Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.

2.	Insect Ecology: Behavior, Populations and Communities P. W. Price, R. F. Denno, M. D. Eubanks. 2011. Cambridge University Press.

Contributed by Steve Nanz on 29 May, 2015 - 2:34pm
Additional contributions by Marci Hess, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 3 September, 2023 - 12:59pm

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