Biology:Coleotechnites ducharmei

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Short description: Species of moth

Coleotechnites ducharmei
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Coleotechnites
Species:
C. ducharmei
Binomial name
Coleotechnites ducharmei
(Freeman, 1962)
Synonyms
  • Eucordylea ducharmei Freeman, 1962

Coleotechnites ducharmei is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded in south-western Nova Scotia, southern Quebec, Ontario, and Alberta.[1][2]

Adults are brownish-grey. There is one generation per year, with adults on the wing in June.

The larvae feed on Picea species, including Picea rubens, Picea mariana, and Picea glauca. Young larvae are yellowish with a dark brown head. Full-grown larvae have a distinctive body pattern consisting of transverse pink bands on a cream-yellow ground colour. Pupation takes place on the ground. The species overwinters in the pupal stage.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13473401 entry