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Tortricidae 51a0303 – 3638   Choristoneura fumiferana (Clemens, 1865)              Spruce Budworm

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Genitalia: Canadian Entomologist, 124(1): 12; figs. 2-6. Similar Species: Choristoneura fumiferana complex: The Choristoneura fumiferana complex includes C. carnana, occidentalis [freemani], fumiferana, lambertiana, orae, pinus, retiniana. Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: nigrida (Beutenmüller, 1892) (Tortrix) fumiferana (Clemens, 1865) (Tortrix) - MONA 1983: 3638   Type locality: Virginia. nigridia (Robinson, 1869) (Tortrix)

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced. Brunet, B.M., G.S. Blackburn, K. Muirhead, L.M. Lumley, B. Boyle, R.C. Lévesque, M. Cusson, F.A.H. Sperling, 2017. Two's company, three's a crowd: new insights on spruce budworm species boundaries using genotyping-by-sequencing in an integrative species assessment (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Systematic Entomology, 42: 317-328. Dang, P.T., 1992. Morphological study of male genitalia with phylogenetic inference of Choristoneura Lederer (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 124(1): 7-48. Lumley L.M., E. Pouliot, J. Laroche, et al. , 2020. Continent-wide population genomic structure and phylogeography of North America’s most destructive conifer defoliator, the spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana). Ecology and Evolution, 10: 914-927. Lumley, L.M. & F.H. Sperling, 2010. Integrating morphology and mitochondrial DNA for species delimitation within the spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana) cryptic species complex (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Systemic Entomology, 35(3): 416-428. Lumley, L.M. & F.H. Sperling, 2011. Utility of microsatellites and mitochondrial DNA for species delimitation in the spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana) species complex (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 58(2): 232-243. Species Page at Block Island Moths Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum Species Page at Mass Moths

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