''Coleotechnites'' is a genus of

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

s in the family

Gelechiidae The Gelechiidae are a family of moths commonly referred to as twirler moths or gelechiid moths. They are the namesake family of the huge and little-studied Taxonomic rank, superfamily Gelechioidea, and the family's taxonomy (biology), taxonomy ...

described by

Vactor Tousey Chambers Vactor Tousey Chambers (commonly V. T. Chambers) (6 August 1830, Burlington, Kentucky – 7 August 1883, in Covington, Kentucky) was an American entomologist who specialized in Microlepidoptera. He along with James Brackenridge Clemens, was a pion ...

in 1880. One of the best known species is the lodgepole needle miner (''C. milleri''), a serious pest of forest trees in North America.

Species

*'' Coleotechnites albicostata'' (Freeman, 1965) (Eucordylea) *'' Coleotechnites alnifructella'' (Busck, 1915) (Recurvaria) *'' Coleotechnites apicitripunctella'' (Clemens, 1860) (Recurvaria) *'' Coleotechnites ardas'' (Freeman, 1960) (Evagora) *'' Coleotechnites argentiabella'' (Chambers, 1874) (Gelechia) *'' Coleotechnites atrupictella'' (Dietz, 1900) (Eucordylea) *'' Coleotechnites australis'' (Freeman, 1963) (Pulicalvaria) *'' Coleotechnites bacchariella'' (Keifer, 1927) (Recurvaria) *'' Coleotechnites biopes'' (Freeman, 1960) (Evagora) *'' Coleotechnites blastovora'' (McLeod, 1962) (Eucordylea) *'' Coleotechnites canusella'' (Freeman, 1957) (Recurvaria) *'' Coleotechnites carbonaria'' (Freeman, 1965) (Pulicalvaria) *'' Coleotechnites chillcotti'' (Freeman, 1963) (Exoteleia) *'' Coleotechnites citriella'' (Chambers, 1880) (Recurvaria) *'' Coleotechnites colubrinae'' (Busck, 1903) (Recurvaria) *'' Coleotechnites condignella'' (Busck, 1929) (Recurvaria) *'' Coleotechnites coniferella'' (Kearfott, 1907) (Recurvaria) *'' Coleotechnites cristatella'' (Chambers, 1875) (Gelechia) *'' Coleotechnites ducharmei'' (Freeman, 1962) (Eucordylea) *'' Coleotechnites edulicola'' Hodges & Stevens, 1978 *'' Coleotechnites elucidella'' (Barnes & Busck, 1920) (Eucordylea) *'' Coleotechnites eryngiella'' (Bottimer, 1926) (Recurvaria) *'' Coleotechnites florae'' (Freeman, 1960) (Evagora) *'' Coleotechnites gallicola'' (Busck, 1915) (Recurvaria) *'' Coleotechnites gibsonella'' (Kearfott, 1907) (Recurvaria) *'' Coleotechnites granti'' (Freeman, 1965) (Publicalvaria) *'' Coleotechnites huntella'' (Keifer, 1936) (Eucordylea) *'' Coleotechnites invictella'' (Busck, 1908) (Recurvaria) *'' Coleotechnites juniperella'' (Kearfott, 1903) (Recurvaria) *'' Coleotechnites laricis'' (Freeman, 1965) (Pulicalvaria) *'' Coleotechnites lewisi'' (Freeman, 1960) (Evagora) *'' Coleotechnites mackiei'' (Keifer, 1932) (Eucordylea) *'' Coleotechnites macleodi'' (Freeman, 1965) (Pulicalvaira) *'' Coleotechnites martini'' (Freeman, 1965) (Pulicalvaria) *'' Coleotechnites milleri'' (Busck, 1914) (Recurvaria) *'' Coleotechnites moreonella'' (Heinr., 1920) (Recurvaria) *'' Coleotechnites nigritus'' Hodges, 1983 *'' Coleotechnites obliquistrigella'' (Chambers, 1872) (Anarsia) *'' Coleotechnites occidentis'' (Freeman, 1965) (Pulicalvaria) *'' Coleotechnites petulans'' (Meyrick, 1917) (Hapalosaris) *'' Coleotechnites piceaella'' (Kearfott, 1903) (Recurvaria) *'' Coleotechnites pinella'' (Busck, 1906) (Recurvaria) *'' Coleotechnites ponderosae'' Hodges & Stevens, 1978 *'' Coleotechnites quercivorella'' (Chambers, 1872) (Gelechia) *'' Coleotechnites resinosae'' (Freeman, 1960) (Evagora) *'' Coleotechnites stanfordia'' (Keifer, 1933) (Recurvaria) *'' Coleotechnites starki'' (Freeman, 1957) (Recurvaria) *'' Coleotechnites thujaella'' (Kearfott, 1903) (Recurvaria) *''

Coleotechnites vagatioella ''Coleotechnites vagatioella'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Kentucky and Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United Sta ...

'' (Chambers, 1873) (Eidothoa) *'' Coleotechnites variiella'' (Chambers, 1872) (Gelechia)

Former species

*'' Coleotechnites abietisella'' (Packard, 1883) (Gelechia) *'' Coleotechnites attritella'' (Walker, 1864) (Gelechia) *'' Coleotechnites dorsivittella'' (Zeller, 1873) (Gelechia) *'' Coleotechnites gilviscopella'' (Zeller, 1873) (Gelechia) *'' Coleotechnites niger'' (Busck, 1903) (Recurvaria) *'' Coleotechnites obscurella'' (Kearfott, 1907) (Recurvaria)

External links

ForestPests Profile: ''C. milleri''Revision of Holarctic Teleiodini (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)
Litini Gelechiidae genera {{Litini-stub