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Species Choristoneura fumiferana - Spruce Budworm - Hodges#3638

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Unknown moth - Choristoneura fumiferana moth - Choristoneura fumiferana A Tortricid Moth - Choristoneura fumiferana Choristoneura fumiferana Spruce Budworm - Choristoneura fumiferana Tortricid - Choristoneura fumiferana Spruce Budworm - Choristoneura fumiferana - Choristoneura fumiferana - Choristoneura fumiferana
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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Tortricoidea (Tortricid Moths)
Family Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Subfamily Tortricinae
Tribe Archipini
Genus Choristoneura
No Taxon (fumiferana group)
Species fumiferana (Spruce Budworm - Hodges#3638)

Hodges Number

3638

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Choristoneura fumiferana (Clemens, 1865)
Tortrix ? fumiferana Clemens, 1865 (1)
Tortrix fumiferana Clemens, 1865

Size

Wingspan 21-30 mm.

Identification

Adult: forewing variably mottled orangish, brown, or yellowish with short dark longitudinal streak near center.
Larva: body green or brown with pale subdorsal spots; head brown with yellowish thoracic shield.

Range

Throughout Canada and northern United States.

Food

Mainly balsam fir and white spruce. Also black, red, Norway, Engelmann and Colorado spruce, as well as hemlock, larch, and subalpine fir. (2)

Remarks

This is a major pest of the timber industry, damaging fir and spruce trees.
Parasitized by the Ichneumon wasp Glypta fumiferanae.

See Also

Jack Pine Budworm (Choristoneura pinus) forewing is reddish and lacks short dark longitudinal streak near center,
larva of C. pinus has dark bands around each abdominal segment.

Print References

(3)
Clemens, B., North American micro-lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 5: 139. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group
E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Insects of Cedar Creek, Minnesota
forestpests.org
BugwoodWiki
Brackenridge Clemens (1825-1867)

Works Cited

1.North American Micro-Lepidoptera
Clemens, Brackenridge. 1865. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, Volume 5: 139-47.
2.University of Alberta Entomology Collection
3.Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America
Charles V. Covell, Jr. 2005.
Contributed by tom murray on 29 October, 2005 - 12:13pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Tony-2, anitagould, Vox Sciurorum, Randy Hardy, Jason Dombroskie
Last updated 28 June, 2020 - 2:33pm

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