Green Hemlock Needleminer

Coleotechnites apicitripunctella

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae

The green hemlock needleminer, hemlock leaf miner or baldcypress webworm (Coleotechnites apicitripunctella) is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in the eastern parts of the United States, as well as eastern Canada. Description The larva have a pale, yellowish green body, a slightly orange-brown head and a prothoracic shield (the plate of the first thoracic segment just behind the head).

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

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Green Hemlock Needleminer

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