Coleotechnites edulicola

Coleotechnites edulicola is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from New Mexico[1] and southern Utah and possibly Colorado.

Coleotechnites edulicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Coleotechnites
Species:
C. edulicola
Binomial name
Coleotechnites edulicola
Hodges and Stevens, 1978

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are mottled dark brown and white. The hindwings are grey.[2] Adults are on wing in June and July in one generation per year.[3]

The larvae feed on Pinus ponderosa and Pinus edulis. Young larvae bore into green needles, feed within them, and overwinter there as second and third instar larvae.

References
  1. mothphotographersgroup
  2. Two New Pine Feeding species of Coleotechnites
  3. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 32(2), 1978, 123-129


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