Exoteleia nepheos
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Exoteleia nepheos | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Exoteleia |
Species: | E. nepheos
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Binomial name | |
Exoteleia nepheos Freeman, 1967
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Exoteleia nepheos, the pine candle moth, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from southern Ontario and northern Ohio.[1][2]
The wingspan is 9–11 mm.[3] Adults are on wing from early July to early August in one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Pinus resinosa, Pinus sylvestris and Pinus mugo. .[4]
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