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Lodgepole Needleminer

Coleotechnites milleri (Busck, 1914)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The lodgepole needleminer (Coleotechnites milleri) is a species in the family Gelechiidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: United States.

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Quick facts about the lodgepole 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
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the lodgepole 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 lodgepole needleminer is listed for 1 country.

United States of America
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. United States

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the lodgepole 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 lodgepole needleminer classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusColeotechnites
  7. SpeciesColeotechnites milleri (Busck, 1914)

Synonyms Recurvaria milleri

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Выемчатокрылая моль МиллераRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the lodgepole 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 lodgepole needleminer live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the lodgepole needleminer for 1 country: United States. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the lodgepole needleminer?

The lodgepole needleminer (Coleotechnites milleri) 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). Lodgepole Needleminer (Coleotechnites milleri). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/lodgepole-needleminer

MLA

“Lodgepole Needleminer (Coleotechnites milleri).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/lodgepole-needleminer.

BibTeX
@misc{lodgepole_needleminer_2026,
  title = {Lodgepole Needleminer (Coleotechnites milleri)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/lodgepole-needleminer},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}