Coleotechnites resinosae, the red pine needleminer moth, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Ontario, Alabama and New Hampshire.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Coleotechnites |
| Species: | C. resinosae
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| Binomial name | |
| Coleotechnites resinosae (Freeman, 1961)
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The larvae feed on Pinus resinosa. They mine the needles of their host plant. The needles are mined from the base or center to the tip. A short, silken tube constructed around the entrance hole on the flattened surface of the needle. The frass is ejected from the entrance hole and from one or two other holes.[3]
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- ^ Coleotechnites at funet
- ^ mothphotographersgroup
- ^ A Guide to Insect Injury of Conifers in the Lake States
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