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