Species Choristoneura lambertiana - Hodges#3644

3644

Choristoneura lambertiana (Busck, 1915)

Tortrix (Cacoecia) lambertiana Busck, 1915 (1)

Tortrix lambertiana Busck, 1915

Specific epithet for the host plant (Pinus lambertiana). (1)

Wingspan 19-22 mm. (1)

Forewing length 10.5-14.5 mm. (2)

Adult - geographically variable. Typical form from southern Oregon to western Montana that feed on sugar pine and ponderosa pine tend to have rust forewings with white bands. Populations in the eastern Sierra Nevadas that feed on lodgepole and Jeffery pine have dark brick-red forewings with dark grey markings. (2)

Throughout coniferous regions of the west. (2)

Type locality: Oakland, Oregon (P.D. Sergent(3)).

First recorded on sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). (1) Subsequently found on a variety of pines and juniper. (4)

Busck, A. 1915. Descriptions of new North American microlepidoptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 17(2): 86. (1)

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