Coleotechnites apicitripunctella

The green hemlock needleminer,[1] hemlock leaf miner[2] or baldcypress webworm[3] (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.[2]

Coleotechnites apicitripunctella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Coleotechnites
Species:
C. apicitripunctella
Binomial name
Coleotechnites apicitripunctella
(Clemens, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Evagora apicitripunctella Clemens, 1860
  • Recurvaria apicitripunctella
  • Gelechia attritella Walker, 1864
  • Gelechia abietisella Packard, 1883

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). The prothoracic shield has light gray margins on the sides. There are many small, dark green spots conspicuously displayed along the body. The larva grow up to 7 mm long.[1]

The moth is beige with brown markings.

Life cycle

There is one generation per year.[1]

The larvae feed on Tsuga canadensis (the Canadian or eastern hemlock),[1] and Taxodium distichum (the bald cypress).[3]

Notes
  1. Maier, Chris T. (2004) "Green Hemlock Needleminer (Coleotechnites apicitripunctella)" Caterpillars on the foliage of conifers in the northeastern United States United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Morgantown, West Virginia, OCLC 57253439
  2. Leonard, David E. and Burnham, Charles M. (1998) A history of forest and shade tree pest management in Massachusetts Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management, Boston, Massachusetts, page 90, OCLC 40990211
  3. Hartman, John Richard et al. (2000) Pirone's tree maintenance (7th edition) Oxford University Press, Oxford, England, page 332, ISBN 0-19-511991-6


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