Coleotechnites

Coleotechnites is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae described by Vactor Tousey Chambers in 1880. One of the best known species is the lodgepole needle miner (C. milleri), a serious pest of forest trees in North America.

Coleotechnites
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Tribe: Teleiodini
Genus: Coleotechnites
Chambers, 1880
Synonyms
  • Eidothea Chambers, 1873
  • Eidothoa Chambers, 1873 (missp.)
  • Eucordylea Dietz, 1900
  • Evagora Clemens, 1860
  • Hapalosaris Meyrick, 1917
  • Pulicalvaria Freeman, 1963
  • Coleotechnistes Busck, [1903]

Species

Former species

  • Coleotechnites abietisella (Packard, 1883) (Gelechia)
  • Coleotechnites attritella (Walker, 1864) (Gelechia)
  • Coleotechnites dorsivittella (Zeller, 1873) (Gelechia)
  • Coleotechnites gilviscopella (Zeller, 1873) (Gelechia)
  • Coleotechnites niger (Busck, 1903) (Recurvaria)
  • Coleotechnites obscurella (Kearfott, 1907) (Recurvaria)


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