Choristoneura lambertiana
| Choristoneura lambertiana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Choristoneura |
| Species: | C. lambertiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Choristoneura lambertiana (Busck, 1915)[1] | |
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Choristoneura lambertiana, the sugar pine tortrix, is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in the eastern parts of North America and the north of the United States (see subspecies section for more information).
Caterpillar
Pupa
Damage
The wingspan is 18–23 mm.
The larvae of Choristoneura lambertiana lambertiana feed on Pinus lambertiana. Subspecies Choristoneura lambertiana ponderosana prefers Pinus ponderosa and Pinus flexilis. Subspecies Choristoneura lambertiana subretiniana feeds on Pinus contorta and Pinus jeffreyi.
Subspecies
- Choristoneura lambertiana lambertiana (confirmed: Siskiyou County and Ashland, Oregon. Uncertain: Alberta and British Columbia in Canada and Idaho, Montana, eastern Oregon and Wyoming in the United States)
- Choristoneura lambertiana ponderosana Obraztsov, 1962 (Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, western New England, South Dakota)
- Choristoneura lambertiana subretiniana Obraztsov, 1962 (California and Oregon)
References
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