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Exoteleia burkei

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 26, 2024
Entity authorityQ13632202 ↗
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Exoteleia burkei, the Monterey pine shoot moth, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California.

The wingspan is 8–10 mm.

The larvae feed on Pinus radiata, Pinus attenuata, Pinus coulteri and Pinus sabiniana.

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This entry incorporates text from “Exoteleia burkei” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.