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Gelechiidae
59a0741 – 1823   Coleotechnites nigra (Busck, 1903)

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Larva and
Host Plants:
Host familiy: Hypericaceae[Clusiaceae][Guttiferae].  Host genera: Hypericum.  (Shropshire & Tallamy 2025 [accessed 6xii2025])
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Synonymy:
  • nigra (Busck, 1903) (Recurvaria) preocc.
    Note: preoccupied by nigra (Haworth, 1828) (Recurvaria).
  • niger; (Hodges, 1983) (Recurvaria) missp.; TL: (no type).
  • nigritus (Hodges, 1983) (Recurvaria) - MONA 1983: 1823
    Note: unnecessary emendation.
  • Taxonomic Notes: Coleotechnites nigra (Busck, 1903) is reinstated as the valid name of species formerly known as nigritus (Hodges, 1983), an unnecessary replacement name (Eiseman et al. 2025). This name was erroneously thought to be preoccupied in the genus Recurvaria by the European species nigra (Haworth, 1828), but the two were in fact never in Recurvaria at the same time.
    Coleotechnites nigra
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