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Coleotechnites juniperella

Synonyms: Recurvaria juniperella

Wikipedia Abstract

Coleotechnites juniperella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from New Jersey. The wingspan is about 9.5 mm. The forewings are creamy white, a sharply defined narrow band of black raised scales slightly and evenly curved from the base along the median line to the apex of the wing, at the base this black band extends to the costa to one eighth. Above this band the ground colour is more of a pearly white, and forms a distinct whitish streak. There is a short line of black on the costa at the inner third and at the outer third a longer line of black, the latter broadening at the outer end into a triangular patch almost reaching the median band. There are four almost evenly spaced dots of black raised scales parallel to and about midwa
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Prey / Diet

Juniperus communis (Common Juniper)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0