''Choristoneura lambertiana'', the sugar pine tortrix, is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family

Tortricidae The Tortricidae are a family of moths, commonly known as tortrix moths or leafroller moths, in the order Lepidoptera. This large family has over 11,000 species described, and is the sole member of the superfamily Tortricoidea, although the genus ...

. It is found in the eastern parts of North America and the northern regions of the United States (see subspecies section for more information). The

wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan o ...

is 18–23 mm. The larvae of ''Choristoneura lambertiana lambertiana'' feed on ''

Pinus lambertiana ''Pinus lambertiana'' (commonly known as the sugar pine or sugar cone pine) is the tallest and most massive pine tree, and has the longest cones of any conifer. The species name ''lambertiana'' was given by the Scottish botanist David Douglas, ...

''. Subspecies ''Choristoneura lambertiana ponderosana'' prefers '' Pinus ponderosa'' and ''

Pinus flexilis ''Pinus flexilis'', the limber pine, is a species of pine tree-the family Pinaceae that occurs in the mountains of the Western United States, Mexico, and Canada. It is also called Rocky Mountain white pine. A limber pine in Eagle Cap Wilderness ...

''. Subspecies ''Choristoneura lambertiana subretiniana'' feeds on ''

Pinus contorta ''Pinus contorta'', with the common names lodgepole pine and shore pine, and also known as twisted pine, and contorta pine, is a common tree in western North America. It is common near the ocean shore and in dry montane forests to the subalpine ...

'' and ''

Pinus jeffreyi ''Pinus jeffreyi'', also known as Jeffrey pine, Jeffrey's pine, yellow pine and black pine, is a North American pine tree. It is mainly found in California, but also in the westernmost part of Nevada, southwestern Oregon, and northern Baja Califo ...

''.

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'' Obraztsov, 1962 (Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, western New England, South Dakota) *''Choristoneura lambertiana subretiniana'' Obraztsov, 1962 (California and Oregon)

References

* * Choristoneura Moths described in 1915 {{Archipini-stub