''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 gen ...

. Several species are serious pests of

conifer Conifers are a group of cone-bearing seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms. Scientifically, they make up the division Pinophyta (), also known as Coniferophyta () or Coniferae. The division contains a single extant class, Pinopsida. All ex ...

s, such as

spruce A spruce is a tree of the genus ''Picea'' (), a genus of about 35 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal ( taiga) regions of the Earth. ''Picea'' is the sole genus in the sub ...

and are known as spruce budworms.

Species

Pinus contorta latifolia & western spruce budworm 2

*'' Choristoneura adumbratanus'' (Walsingham, 1900) *''

Choristoneura africana ''Choristoneura africana'' is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Cameroon. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the B ...

'' Razowski, 2002 *''

Choristoneura albaniana ''Choristoneura albaniana'' is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. In North America it is found from Alaska to Newfoundland, south through the mountains to California, Maine and New Hampshire. It is also ...

'' (Walker, 1863) *'' Choristoneura argentifasciata'' Heppner, 1989 *'' Choristoneura biennis'' Freeman, 1967 *'' Choristoneura bracatana'' (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, India. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For ex ...

'' Razowski, 2006 *'' Choristoneura conflictana'' (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 ...

'' (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 ...

'' (Kennel, 1901) *'' Choristoneura expansiva'' X.P.Wang & G.J.Yang, 2008 *'' Choristoneura ferrugininotata'' Obraztsov, 1968 *'' Choristoneura fractivittana'' (Clemens, 1865) *''

Choristoneura freemani ''Choristoneura freemani'', 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. Distribution It is now widely distributed throughout th ...

'' 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 pop ...

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

Choristoneura griseicoma ''Choristoneura griseicoma'' is a species of 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 descri ...

'' (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 a ...

'' (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 ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msu ...

'' (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 habitat consists of bald mountain peaks and green moss-spruce forests. The wingspan The wingspan (or jus ...

'' (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 transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the ...

'' 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, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq a ...

'' (Kennel, 1899) *''

Choristoneura jezoensis ''Choristoneura jezoensis'' is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found on Hokkaido island in Japan. The larvae feed on '' Abies sachalinensis'', ''Picea jezoensis ''Picea jezoensis'' (sometimes misspelled ''Picea yezoensis'' ...

'' 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'' (Christoph, 1888) *'' Choristoneura metasequoiacola'' Liu, 1983 *'' Choristoneura murinana'' (Hubner, 796-1799 *'' Choristoneura neurophaea'' (Meyrick, 1932) *'' Choristoneura obsoletana'' (Walker, 1863) *''

Choristoneura occidentalis ''For the western spruce bud worm previously known as Choristoneura occidentalis, please see Choristoneura freemani'' ''Choristoneura occidentalis'' is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, ...

'' (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 abou ...

'' Freeman, 1967 *'' Choristoneura palladinoi'' Razowski & Trematerra, 2010 *'' Choristoneura parallela'' (Robinson, 1869) *''

Choristoneura pinus ''Choristoneura pinus'', the jack pine budworm, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. The species was first described by Thomas Nesbitt Freeman in 1953. It is found in jack pine forests in Canada from Atlantic provinces to Cypress Hills on th ...

'' Freeman, 1953, jack pine budworm *'' Choristoneura propensa'' Razowski, 1992 *'' Choristoneura psoricodes'' (Meyrick, 1911) *'' Choristoneura quadratica'' Diakonoff, 1955 *'' Choristoneura retiniana'' (Walsingham, 1879) *'' Choristoneura rosaceana'' (Harris, 1841) *'' Choristoneura simonyi'' (Rebel, 1892) *''

Choristoneura spaldingana ''Choristoneura spaldingana'' is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from California and Utah Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western Uni ...

'' 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

* * , 2008: Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) from South Africa. 6: ''Choristoneura'' Hübner and ''Procrica'' Diakonoff. ''Polish Journal of Entomology'' 77 (3): 245-254

* , 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

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q1758763 Archipini Insect pests of temperate forests Moth genera Picea Taxa named by Julius Lederer