Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gelechiidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Coleotechnites | |
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Similar Aristotelia, Blastobasis glandulella, Clepsis peritana | ||
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.
The larvae feed on Pinus contorta.
References
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