''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
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Choristoneura adumbratanus''
(Walsingham, 1900)
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Choristoneura africana''
Razowski, 2002
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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 ...
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(Walker, 1863)
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Choristoneura argentifasciata''
Heppner, 1989
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Choristoneura biennis''
Freeman, 1967
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Choristoneura bracatana''
(Rebel, in Rebel & Rogenhofer, 1894)
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Choristoneura carnana''
(Barnes & Busck, 1920)
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Choristoneura chapana''
Razowski, 2008
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Choristoneura colyma''
Razowski, 2006
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Choristoneura conflictana''
(Walker, 1863)
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Choristoneura diversana''
(Hubner, 814-1817
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Choristoneura evanidana''
(Kennel, 1901)
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Choristoneura expansiva''
X.P.Wang & G.J.Yang, 2008
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Choristoneura ferrugininotata''
Obraztsov, 1968
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Choristoneura fractivittana''
(Clemens, 1865)
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Choristoneura freemani''
Razowski, 2008, western spruce budworm
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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 ...
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(Clemens, 1865), eastern spruce budworm
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Choristoneura griseicoma''
(Meyrick, 1924)
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Choristoneura hebenstreitella''
(Muller, 1764), mountain-ash tortricid
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Choristoneura heliaspis''
(Meyrick, 1909)
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Choristoneura improvisana''
(Kuznetsov, 1973)
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Choristoneura irina''
Syachina & Budashkin, 2007
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Choristoneura jecorana''
(Kennel, 1899)
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Choristoneura jezoensis''
Yasuda & Suzuki, 1987
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Choristoneura lafauryana''
(Ragonot, 1875)
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Choristoneura lambertiana''
(Busck, 1915)
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Choristoneura longicellanus''
(Walsingham, 1900)
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Choristoneura luticostana''
(Christoph, 1888)
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Choristoneura metasequoiacola''
Liu, 1983
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Choristoneura murinana''
(Hubner, 796-1799
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Choristoneura neurophaea''
(Meyrick, 1932)
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Choristoneura obsoletana''
(Walker, 1863)
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Choristoneura occidentalis''
(Walsingham, 1891)
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Choristoneura orae''
Freeman, 1967
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Choristoneura palladinoi''
Razowski & Trematerra, 2010
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Choristoneura parallela''
(Robinson, 1869)
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Choristoneura pinus''
Freeman, 1953, jack pine budworm
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Choristoneura propensa''
Razowski, 1992
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Choristoneura psoricodes''
(Meyrick, 1911)
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Choristoneura quadratica''
Diakonoff, 1955
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Choristoneura retiniana''
(Walsingham, 1879)
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Choristoneura rosaceana''
(Harris, 1841)
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Choristoneura simonyi''
(Rebel, 1892)
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Choristoneura spaldingana''
Obraztsov, 1962
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Choristoneura thyrsifera''
Razowski, 1984
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Choristoneura zapulata''
(Robinson, 1869)
References
Bibliography
* , 2005: ''World Catalogue of Insects'' volume 5 ''Tortricidae''.
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* , 1965: A revision of the genus ''Archips'' from Japan. ''Tyô to Ga'' 16 (1/2): 13–40. Abstract and Full article
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* , 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
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* , 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
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* , 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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External links
tortricidae.com
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Archipini
Insect pests of temperate forests
Moth genera
Picea
Taxa named by Julius Lederer (entomologist)