Exoteleia pinifoliella
| Exoteleia pinifoliella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Exoteleia |
| Species: | E. piceaella |
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| Exoteleia pinifoliella (Chambers, 1880) | |
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The Pine Needleminer (Exoteleia pinifoliella) is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in eastern North America.
There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on various hard pines, including Jack pine and Pitch pine. They mine needles and spend the winter in a mined needle. It bores into additional needles and changes into a pupa within its last mine.