Coleotechnites canusella
| Coleotechnites canusella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Coleotechnites |
| Species: | C. canusella |
| Binomial name | |
| Coleotechnites canusella (Freeman, 1957) | |
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Coleotechnites canusella, the banded jack-pine needleminer moth, is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from British Columbia, Washington, Alabama, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico and South Carolina.[1][2]
The larvae feed on Pinus contorta, mining the needles of their host plant.[3]
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