Coleotechnites quercivorella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Coleotechnites
Species:
C. quercivorella
Binomial name
Coleotechnites quercivorella
(Chambers, 1872)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia quercivorella Chambers, 1872
  • Gelechia (Teleia) gilviscopella Zeller, 1873

Coleotechnites quercivorella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Alberta, British Columbia, California, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Quebec, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are whitish, dusted and mottled with dark grey to blackish. The hindwings are pale.

The larvae feed on Quercus species.[3]

References

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  1. ↑ Coleotechnites at funet
  2. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  3. ↑ "Lynn Scott's Lepidoptera Images". Archived from the original on 2008-05-16. Retrieved 2015-08-04.


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