Gelechiidae
59a0744 –
1826 Coleotechnites piceaella
(Kearfott, 1903) | Orange Spruce Needleminer |
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- Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
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| Synonymy: |
piceaella (Kearfott, 1903) (Recurvaria) - MONA 1983: 1826; TL: Montclair, New Jersey.niger; Hodges, 1983 (Coleotechnites) missp.; TL: (no type).nigra (Kearfott, 1903) (Recurvaria); TL: Montclair, New Jersey.
Note: described as a variety of piceaella, this name was preoccupied in the genus Recurvaria by Gelechia nigra (Haworth, 1828) (updated synonomy in Eiseman et al. 2025). This name was incorrectly listed in Hodges et al. (1983) as preoccupied by R. nigra Busck, 1903. obscurella (Kearfott, 1907) (Recurvaria)
Note: replacement name for nigra (Busck, 1903). |
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| References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.) |
- Barcode of Life (BOLD)
- Eiseman, Charles S., Tracy S. Feldman, and Mark A. Metz, 2025. First account of the larval biology of Coleotechnites nigra (Busck) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), with new host and distribution records. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 127(1): 9-20.
- Haworth, A.H., 1803-1828. Lepidoptera Britannica, 1-4: 550.
- Kearfott, W.D., 1903. Descriptions of New Tineoidea. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 11: 155; pl 9, figs. 10, 19 (piceaella); 157; pl. 9, fig. 9 (var. nigra).
- Kearfott, W.D., 1907. New Microlepidoptera. The Canadian Entomologist, 39: 4.
- Species Page at BugGuide.Net
- Species Page at Mass Moths
- Species Page at iNaturalist
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© Jim Moore - DNA
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© SangMi Lee
 - holotype ( piceaella) - LG – (cc) USNM
 - holotype ( nigra) - LG – (cc) USNM
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© Canadian National Collection LG
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