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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 » Conifer Coleotechnites Moth - Hodges#1803 (Coleotechnites coniferella)

Species Coleotechnites coniferella - Conifer Coleotechnites Moth - Hodges#1803

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Coleotechnites coniferella ? - Coleotechnites coniferella

Conifer Coleotechnites Moth - Coleotechnites coniferella

Hodges#1803 - Coleotechnites coniferella

Conifer Coleotechnites, 1803 - Coleotechnites coniferella

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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 coniferella (Conifer Coleotechnites Moth - Hodges#1803)

Hodges Number

1803

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Coleotechnites coniferella (Kearfott, 1907)

Recurvaria coniferella Kearfott, 1907 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence #420721

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet refers to specimens "bred from larvae on pine," a conifer. (1)

Size

Wingspan about 9 mm. (1)

Identification

Adult - see original description in Print References. (1)

Range

Spotty records coast to coast United States and southern Canada. (2), (1)

Food

Gibson reared them on pine. (1)

Print References

Kearfott, W.D. 1907. New micro-lepidoptera. The Canadian Entomologist 39(1): 3 (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.	New micro-leidoptera W.D. Kearfott. 1907. The Canadian Entomologist 39(1-6): 1-9, 53-60, 77-84, 121-128, 153-160, 211-212.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Steve Nanz on 4 March, 2010 - 10:43am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 5 November, 2017 - 12:29pm

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