Orange spruce needleminer
- French common name: Mineuse rosée de l'épinette
- Scientific name: Coleotechnites piceaella (Kearfott)
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Lepidoptera
- Family: Gelechiidae
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Partial list of synonyms:
- Pulicalvaria piceaella (Kearfott)
- Recurvaria piceaella Kearfott
Distribution
Eastern Canada
Canadian Forest Service Publications
Information on host(s)
Main host(s)
Photos
Silk cocoon opened to show pupa
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Adult at rest
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Pinned adult (wingspan: 10-13 mm)
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Larva
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Larva feeding on pollen of white spruce
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Larva feeding on pollen of white spruce
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