Species Coleotechnites australis - Hodges#1793

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Season · Food · 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 Coleotechnites

Species australis (Coleotechnites australis - Hodges#1793)

Hodges Number

1793

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Coleotechnites australis (Freeman, 1963)

Pulicalvaria australis Freeman, 1963 (1), (2)

Identification

Range

Southeast United States (3)

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Season

Most records of adults are from March, and May to September. (3)

Food

HOSTS database(4) lists Juniperus virginiana L. (eastern redcedar) Cupressaceae.

Print References

Freeman, T.N., 1963. Two new species of coniferous needle miners from Louisiana and the description of a new genus (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). The Canadian Entomologist 95(7): 727-730. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Works Cited

1.	Revision of Holarctic Teleiodini (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) Sangmi Lee & Richard L. Brown (2008). 2008. Zootaxa 1818: 1–55 .

2.	Two new species of coniferous needle miners from Louisiana and the description of a new genus (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). T.N. Freeman. 1963. The Canadian Entomologist, 95(7): 727-730.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 12 March, 2013 - 5:01pm
Last updated 2 October, 2014 - 12:47am

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