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Coleotechnites starki

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Coleotechnites starki
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Coleotechnites
Species:
C. starki
Binomial name
Coleotechnites starki
(Freeman, 1957)
Synonyms
  • Recurvaria starki Freeman, 1957

Coleotechnites starki, the northern lodgepole needle miner, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alberta, Arizona, British Columbia, Montana and Florida.[1][2]

Adults are similar to Coleotechnites milleri.[3] They are on wing from June to August.

The larvae feed on Pinus contorta.[4]

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