White-edged Coleotechnites Moth

Coleotechnites albicostata · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Gelechiidae

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White-edged Coleotechnites Moth
Photo: iNaturalist user, CC0

The white-edged Coleotechnites moth has a wingspan of about 9 to 10 mm. It occurs in North America, with records from several U.S. states and Ontario, Canada.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

Wingspan measures roughly 9 to 10 mm.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 16 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Tennessee, New Jersey, Alabama, North Carolina, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, New York.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Status: native in North America; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

White-edged Coleotechnites Moth photo 2
Photo: Jeff Niznik, CC BY-SA
White-edged Coleotechnites Moth photo 3
Photo: iNaturalist user, CC0
White-edged Coleotechnites Moth photo 4
Photo: Jeff Niznik, CC BY-SA
White-edged Coleotechnites Moth photo 5
Photo: iNaturalist user, CC0

Same family (Gelechiidae)

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Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleotechnites_albicostata

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-28 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-28.

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