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.[2]
| Choristoneura biennis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Choristoneura |
| Species: | C. biennis
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| Binomial name | |
| Choristoneura biennis Freeman, 1967[1]
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The wingspan is about 26 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing in July.
The larvae feed on Abies lasiocarpa, Picea engelmanni and Picea glauca.[3] The larvae cause defoliation of spruce–subalpine fir forests.[4]
References edit
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- ^ tortricidae.com
- ^ mothphotographersgroup
- ^ Brown, J. W., G. Robinson & J. A. Powell. 2008. Food plant database of the leafrollers of the world (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) (Version 1.0)
- ^ Predicting defoliation by Choristoneura biennis (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) 2003. Nealis, V.G.; Turnquist, R. The Canadian Entomologist 135: 903-907.