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Coleotechnites nigritus

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Coleotechnites nigritus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Coleotechnites
Species:
C. nigritus
Binomial name
Coleotechnites nigritus
Hodges, 1983
Synonyms
  • Recurvaria nigra Busck, 1903 (preocc. Haworth, 1828)

Coleotechnites nigritus is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Florida, Kentucky, and New Hampshire.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are silvery white, thickly overlaid with black and dark fuscous scales. There are six deep black spots of raised scales in two rows: one above, the other below the fold. At apical fourth is a very narrow, irregular, V-shaped, silvery white fascia, with the angle pointed toward the tip of the wing. Farther out toward the apex, is a very indistinct thin row of white scales, parallel with the costal edge and meeting a similar line parallel to the dorsal edge just before the apex. The hindwings are nearly black, with metallic luster.

The larvae feed on Hypericum fruticosa.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Coleotechnites at funet
  2. ^ mothphotographersgroup
  3. ^ Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 25 (1304) : 814Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.