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BLACK-HEADED BUDWORM [1 record]

Record 1 2016-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Zoology
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

The bright green brownish headed (black when young) larva of a small variably marked grayish moth (Acleris variana) that is a serious pest of hemlock, spruce, and fir throughout much of the northern U.S. and Canada feeding on the new foliage and webbing into mats.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Zoologie
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

tordeuse des bourgeons : Chenille de certains lépidoptères Tortricadae, qui se nourrit de bourgeons et jeunes pousses, par ex. la tordeuse des bourgeons de l'épinette (Choristoneura fumiferana) et la tordeuse à tête noire de l'épinette (Acleris variana) qui sont toutes deux de dangereuses défoliatrices des forêts en Am. du N.

Spanish

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