Orange Spruce Needleminer Coleotechnites piceaella (Kearfott, 1903)

Family: Gelechiidae

Subfamily: Gelechiinae

Identification:

Wing Span: 0.95-1.2 cm

Life History:

Flight:

Caterpillar Hosts: All spruce species including blue spruce, Picea pungens Engelm.

Adult Food:

Habitat:

Range: Across southern Canada and from Colorado east through much of the northeastern United States.

Conservation:

NCGR:

Management Needs:

Comments: Considered a pest of blue spruce.

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