Coleotechnites edulicola explained
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.
The wingspan is about 10 mm.[2] Adults are on wing in June and July in one generation per year.[3]
The larvae feed on Pinus ponderosa and Pinus edulis.
External links
Notes and References
- http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=1806.1 mothphotographersgroup
- http://images.peabody.yale.edu/lepsoc/jls/1970s/1978/1978-32%282%29118-Hodges.pdf Two New Pine Feeding species of Coleotechnites
- http://images.peabody.yale.edu/lepsoc/jls/1970s/1978/1978-32%282%29123-Stevens.pdf Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 32(2), 1978, 123-129
