Choristoneura lambertiana

Choristoneura lambertiana
Choristoneura lambertiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Choristoneura
Species: C. lambertiana
Binomial name
Choristoneura lambertiana
Busck, 1915

The Sugar Pine Tortrix (Choristoneura lambertiana) 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 (Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, western New England, South Dakota)
  • Choristoneura lambertiana subretiniana (California and Oregon)


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