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Exoteleia nepheos

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Exoteleia nepheos
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Exoteleia
Species:
E. nepheos
Binomial name
Exoteleia nepheos
Freeman, 1967

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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