Choristoneura luticostana

Choristoneura luticostana
	Choristoneura luticostana in Kennel Die palaearktischen tortriciden figures 18 male gigantea Kenn (Askold), 19 female (Sutschan)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Choristoneura
Species:	C. luticostana
Binomial name
	Choristoneura luticostana; (Christoph, 1888)
Synonyms
	Tortrix luticostana Christoph, 1888; Tortrix gigantana Kennel, 1899;

Choristoneura luticostana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in China (Heilongjiang, Jilin), the Korean Peninsula, the Russian Far East and Japan.^[2] The habitat consists of fir-broad-leaved and cedar-broad-leaved forests.

Adults have been recorded on wing from June to August.

The larvae feed on Quercus, Betula, Lespedeza and Rhododendron species, as well as Malus pumila.^[3] They cut open the buds and roll the leaves at the apices of the branches. Young larvae are green with a black head. Older larvae are blackish-green, also with a black head. Larvae can be found from May to June.^[4]

References

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[1] tortricidae.com

[2] Revision of Tribe Archipini (Tortricidae: Tortricinae) in Northeast China

[3] Brown, J. W., G. Robinson & J. A. Powell. 2008. Food plant database of the leafrollers of the world (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) (Version 1.0)

[4] Lepidopterous Fauna of the USSR and Adjacent Countries

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