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Conifer Needleminer

Coleotechnites coniferella (Kearfott, 1907)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The conifer needleminer (Coleotechnites coniferella) is a species in the family Gelechiidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 2 countries: Canada and United States.

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Quick facts about the conifer needleminer

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
2 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the conifer needleminer live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The conifer needleminer is listed for 2 countries.

CanadaUnited States of America
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Canada
  2. United States

Is the conifer needleminer endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the conifer needleminer classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusColeotechnites
  7. SpeciesColeotechnites coniferella (Kearfott, 1907)

Synonyms Recurvaria coniferella

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the conifer needleminer

Other species in the same genus Coleotechnites.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the conifer needleminer live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the conifer needleminer for 2 countries: Canada and United States. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the conifer needleminer?

The conifer needleminer (Coleotechnites coniferella) belongs to the family Gelechiidae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Conifer Needleminer (Coleotechnites coniferella). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/conifer-needleminer

MLA

“Conifer Needleminer (Coleotechnites coniferella).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/conifer-needleminer.

BibTeX
@misc{conifer_needleminer_2026,
  title = {Conifer Needleminer (Coleotechnites coniferella)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/conifer-needleminer},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}