Species Coleotechnites quercivorella - Hodges#1828

Classification · Hodges Number · Explanation of Names · Identification · Food · See Also · Internet References

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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 quercivorella (Coleotechnites quercivorella - Hodges#1828)

Hodges Number

1828

Explanation of Names

Apparently Latin for "little oak eater", from quercus (oak), vorare (eat), and a diminutive suffix.

Identification

Food

Oaks including Quercus rubra and Quercus alba (Moths of North Carolina)

See Also

Compare with Coleotechnites florae.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

iNaturalist

Moths of North Carolina

Contributed by tom murray on 15 May, 2009 - 7:56am
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Nick Block, Vox Sciurorum, marcie oconnor, Blocky
Last updated 18 January, 2024 - 9:37am

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