Pine bud moth
Exoteleia dodecella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Status not recordedbutterflies and moths
The pine bud moth (Exoteleia dodecella) is a species in the family Gelechiidae, order Lepidoptera.
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Quick facts about the pine bud moth
- 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
- Not recorded
Where does the pine bud moth live?
Not recorded
Is the pine bud moth 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 pine bud moth classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderLepidoptera
- familyGelechiidae
- genusExoteleia
- SpeciesExoteleia dodecella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms Anacampsis annulicornis, Exoteleia annulicornis, Exoteleia dodecea, Gelechia dodecella, Gelechia favillaticella, Heringia dodecella, Phalaena dodecella, Phalaena duodecimcristata, Recurvaria dodecea, Tinea dodecella, Tinea punctulata, Tinea reussiella
Other names and names in other languages (11)
- Pine groundlingEnglish
- makadlovka borováCzech
- FyrreskudmølDanish
- KiefernknospentriebmotteGerman
- männynversojäytäjäkoiFinnish
- マツノクロボシキバガJapanese
- DennenlotmotDutch
- Моль сосновая почкопобеговаяRussian
- psota borovicováSlovak
- tallskottmalSwedish
- tallskottsmalSwedish
Relatives of the pine bud moth
Other species in the same genus Exoteleia.
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Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
What kind of animal is the pine bud moth?
The pine bud moth (Exoteleia dodecella) 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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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits · CC BY 4.0 · v1
Oliveira, B.F., São-Pedro, V.A., Santos-Barrera, G., Penone, C. & Costa, G.C. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Scientific Data 4: 170123. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.123. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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Wilman, H., Belmaker, J., Simpson, J., de la Rosa, C., Rivadeneira, M.M. & Jetz, W. (2014) EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95: 2027. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-1917.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3559887.v1 - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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“Pine bud moth (Exoteleia dodecella).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/exoteleia-dodecella.
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