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 found in the northern parts of the Palaearctic region, where it has been recorded from Sweden, Finland, Russia (from the Ural to Trans-Baikal and Amur and along the taiga zone in the Siberian region).[1] The habitat consists of forests in boreal and mountainous regions.

Choristoneura albaniana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Choristoneura
Species:
C. albaniana
Binomial name
Choristoneura albaniana
(Walker, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Teras albaniana Walker, 1863
  • Pandemis albariana Barrett, 1887
  • Tortrix arcticana Moschler, 1874
  • Tortrix kukakana Kearfott, 1907
  • Tortrix lapponana Tengstrom, 1869

The forewings are beige to brownish yellow with darker, reddish-brown to dark brick-brown markings. The hindwings are usually white with faint strigulations at the apex. Adults are on wing from March to August.[2]

The larvae feed on Prunus pennsylvanica and Larix species.

References
  1. Holarctic distribution of Choristoneura albaniana (Walker), with new synonymy (Tortricidae)
  2. University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum



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