''Choristoneura'' is a genus of moths in the family

Tortricidae The Tortricidae are a family of moths, commonly known as tortrix moths or leafroller moths, in the order Lepidoptera. This large family has over 11,000 species described, and is the sole member of the superfamily Tortricoidea, although the genu ...

. Several species are serious pests of

conifer Conifers () are a group of conifer cone, cone-bearing Spermatophyte, seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms. Scientifically, they make up the phylum, division Pinophyta (), also known as Coniferophyta () or Coniferae. The division contains a sin ...

s, such as

spruce A spruce is a tree of the genus ''Picea'' ( ), a genus of about 40 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal ecosystem, boreal (taiga) regions of the Northern hemisphere. ''Picea'' ...

and are known as spruce budworms.

Species

*'' Choristoneura adumbratanus'' (Walsingham, 1900) *'' Choristoneura africana'' Razowski, 2002 *''

Choristoneura albaniana ''Choristoneura albaniana'' is a moth of the family Tortricidae The Tortricidae are a family of moths, commonly known as tortrix moths or leafroller moths, in the order Lepidoptera. This large family has over 11,000 species described, and is ...

'' (Walker, 1863) *'' Choristoneura argentifasciata'' Heppner, 1989 *''

Choristoneura biennis ''Choristoneura biennis'', the two-year-cycle budworm moth, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Canada, where it has been recorded from Alberta and British Columbia. The wingspan is about 26 mm. Adults have been r ...

'' Freeman, 1967 *''

Choristoneura bracatana ''Choristoneura bracatana'' is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found on the Canary Islands. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip. For ...

'' (Rebel, in Rebel & Rogenhofer, 1894) *'' Choristoneura carnana'' (Barnes & Busck, 1920) *'' Choristoneura chapana'' Razowski, 2008 *''

Choristoneura colyma ''Choristoneura colyma'' is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir, India. The wingspan is about 20 mm., 2006, ''Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia'' 49B (1–2): 115-135/ ...

'' Razowski, 2006 *''

Choristoneura conflictana ''Choristoneura conflictana'', the large aspen tortrix, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found from the Pacific to the Atlantic coast and from Alaska to California, Arizona, a ...

'' (Walker, 1863) *''

Choristoneura diversana ''Choristoneura diversana'' is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Great Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Poland, Bulgaria, H ...

'' (Hubner, 814-1817 *''

Choristoneura evanidana ''Choristoneura evanidana'' is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the Russian Far East, Korea and China (Heilongjiang, Liaoning). The wingspan is 21–23 mm for males and 24–28 mm for females. Adults are on w ...

'' (Kennel, 1901) *'' Choristoneura expansiva'' X.P.Wang & G.J.Yang, 2008 *'' Choristoneura ferrugininotata'' Obraztsov, 1968 *''

Choristoneura fractivittana ''Choristoneura fractivittana'', the broken-banded leafroller or dark-banded fireworm, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. Distribution This moth is native to North America, where it can be found across Canada and throughout the eastern United ...

'' (Clemens, 1865) *''

Choristoneura freemani ''Choristoneura occidentalis'' r ''Choristoneura freemani'' in some schemes the western spruce budworm, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is the most destructive defoliator of coniferous forests in western North America. Distr ...

'' Razowski, 2008, western spruce budworm *''

Choristoneura fumiferana ''Choristoneura fumiferana'', the eastern spruce budworm, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae native to the eastern United States and Canada. The caterpillars feed on the needles of spruce and fir trees. Eastern spruce budworm populat ...

'' (Clemens, 1865), eastern spruce budworm *''

Choristoneura griseicoma ''Choristoneura griseicoma'' is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Kashmir Kashmir ( or ) is the Northwestern Indian subcontinent, northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th ...

'' (Meyrick, 1924) *''

Choristoneura hebenstreitella ''Choristoneura hebenstreitella'', the mountain-ash tortricid, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Western Europe, Central Europe, the Near East and Iran. The wingspan is 19–30 mm. The forewing termen is hardly sinuate an ...

'' (Muller, 1764), mountain-ash tortricid *''

Choristoneura heliaspis ''Choristoneura heliaspis'' is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Africa and Mozambique Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique, is a country located in Southeast Africa bordered ...

'' (Meyrick, 1909) *''

Choristoneura improvisana ''Choristoneura improvisana'' is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Primorsky Krai in the Russian Far East. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the ...

'' (Kuznetsov, 1973) *''

Choristoneura irina ''Choristoneura irina'' is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and depende ...

'' Syachina & Budashkin, 2007 *''

Choristoneura jecorana ''Choristoneura jecorana'' is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey ...

'' (Kennel, 1899) *''

Choristoneura jezoensis ''Choristoneura jezoensis'' is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found on Hokkaido island in Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, ...

'' Yasuda & Suzuki, 1987 *''

Choristoneura lafauryana ''Choristoneura lafauryana'', the strawberry leafroller, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Spain, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Romania and Russia. In the east, the ran ...

'' (Ragonot, 1875) *'' Choristoneura lambertiana'' (Busck, 1915) *'' Choristoneura longicellanus'' (Walsingham, 1900) *''

Choristoneura luticostana ''Choristoneura luticostana'' is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in China (Heilongjiang, Jilin), the Korean Peninsula, the Russian Far East and Japan. The habitat consists of fir-broad-leaved and cedar-broad-leaved forest ...

'' (Christoph, 1888) *''

Choristoneura metasequoiacola ''Choristoneura metasequoiacola'' is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Hubei, China. The wingspan is 16 mm for males and 18 mm for females. Adults have been recorded on wing from July and August. The larvae ...

'' Liu, 1983 *''

Choristoneura murinana ''Choristoneura murinana'' is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in central Europe and the Near East, China (Heilongjiang, Gansu, Qinghai), Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The m ...

'' (Hubner, 796-1799 *'' Choristoneura neurophaea'' (Meyrick, 1932) *''

Choristoneura obsoletana ''Choristoneura obsoletana'' is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Mississippi, ...

'' (Walker, 1863) *''

Choristoneura occidentalis ''For the Western spruce bud worm, elsewhere as the homonym Choristoneura occidentalis, please see Choristoneura freemani'' ''Archips occidentalis'' r ''Choristoneura occidentalis'' in some schemesis a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. ...

'' (Walsingham, 1891) *''

Choristoneura orae ''Choristoneura orae'', the spruce budworm, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in North America. The wingspan is about 24 mm. The larvae feed on ''Picea A spruce is a tree of the genus ''Picea'' ( ), a genus of about ...

'' Freeman, 1967 *''

Choristoneura palladinoi ''Choristoneura palladinoi'' is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. The species is endemic to Ethiopia, where it is known only from the Harenna Forest in the Bale Mountains. The wingspan is about 15 mm. The head and thorax are rust ...

'' Razowski & Trematerra, 2010 *'' Choristoneura parallela'' (Robinson, 1869) *'' Choristoneura pinus'' Freeman, 1953, jack pine budworm *''

Choristoneura propensa ''Choristoneura propensa'' is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South ...

'' Razowski, 1992 *'' Choristoneura psoricodes'' (Meyrick, 1911) *''

Choristoneura quadratica ''Choristoneura quadratica'' is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, b ...

'' Diakonoff, 1955 *''

Choristoneura retiniana ''Choristoneura retiniana'' is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from California and Nevada. The wingspan is 20–25 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from June to ...

'' (Walsingham, 1879) *''

Choristoneura rosaceana ''Choristoneura rosaceana'', the oblique banded leaf roller or rosaceous leaf roller, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is native to North America, but has been accidentally introduced into other parts of the world. The wingspan is about 2 ...

'' (Harris, 1841) *''

Choristoneura simonyi ''Choristoneura simonyi'' is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found on the Canary Islands. The wingspan is 16–19 mm. The larvae feed on '' Adenocarpus'' and ''Globularia'' species, as well as on ''Nicotiana glauca '' ...

'' (Rebel, 1892) *'' Choristoneura spaldingana'' Obraztsov, 1962 *'' Choristoneura thyrsifera'' Razowski, 1984 *''

Choristoneura zapulata ''Choristoneura zapulata'', the zapulata moth, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. The species was first described by Robinson in 1869. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from British Columbia to Quebec, south to Californi ...

'' (Robinson, 1869)

References

Bibliography

* , 2005: ''World Catalogue of Insects'' volume 5 ''Tortricidae''. * * * , 1965: A revision of the genus ''Archips'' from Japan. ''Tyô to Ga'' 16 (1/2): 13–40. Abstract and Full article

* * , 1859, ''Wien. ent. Monatschr.'' 3: 426. * , 1983: A new species of ''Choristoneura'' injurious to Metasequoia in Hubei province (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). ''Entomotaxonomia'' 5 (4): 289–291. Full article

* * * , 2007: On the type specimens of the Tortricidae described by Eduard Friedrich Eversmann from the Volgo-Ural Region. ''Nota Lepidopterologica'', 30 (1): 93–114. Full article

* * * , 2013: An illustrated catalogue of the specimens of Tortricidae in the Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). ''Shilap Revista de Lepidopterologia'' 41 (162): 213–240. * , 2010: Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) from Ethiopia ''Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research'' Serie II, 42 (2): 47–79. Abstract

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