Coleotechnites florae

Coleotechnites florae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Coleotechnites
Species: C. florae
Binomial name
Coleotechnites florae
(Freeman, 1961)
Synonyms
  • Evagora florae Freeman, 1961

Coleotechnites florae, the coleotechnites flower moth, is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Alberta, Arkansas, British Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Saskatchewan, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Washington.[1][2]

The larvae feed on Pinus contorta.[3]

References

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