Coleotechnites piceaella

Coleotechnites piceaella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Coleotechnites
Species:	C. piceaella
Binomial name
Coleotechnites piceaella (Kearfott, 1903)
Synonyms
Recurvaria piceaella Kearfott, 1903

The Orange Spruce Needleminer (Coleotechnites piceaella) is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in north-eastern United States and Canada. It is an introduced species in Europe and was first recorded from Great Britain in 1952, then Germany in 1963 and has expanded from there over all of central Europe, towards France, Italy and Hungary.

There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on various spruces, including Picea omorika and Picea pungens. The larvae mine needles that are bound loosely with silk during summer and fall. After spending the winter in a hollowed needle, it eats buds or mines needles formed during the previous year, again tying them with silk.

External links

• bladmineerders.nl
• Image
• Larval Stage info

This article on a moth of the Gelechiidae family is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: Gelechiidae stubs Gelechiidae Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР Coleotechnites moreonella Coleotechnites ponderosae Look at other dictionaries: Coleotechnites — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta …   Wikipedia List of introduced species — A complete List of introduced species for even quite small areas of the world would be dauntingly long. Humans have introduced more different species to new environments than any single document can hope to record. The following list of… …   Wikipedia Invasive species in the British Isles — As with other islands globally, the British Isles are particularly vulnerable to invasive species. Usually, an island will have several distinct species, which are not present on the nearest mainland, and vice versa. Species coming in to the… …   Wikipedia 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”