Taxonomic Studies on the Acleris gloverana-variana Complex, the Black-headed Budworms (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

• Published in: The Canadian Entomologist
• Main Author: Powell, Jerry A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1962
• Subjects: Insect Science; Molecular Biology; Physiology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Structural Biology; Canada; British Columbia; Breton Island; Leech; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/ent94833-8; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0008347X00075878

The black-headed budworm has long been known as an endemic resident and occasional epidemic defoliator of coniferous forests in Canada and parts of northern United States. The moth is distributed across the whole of the northern forest area from Cape Breton Island to the west coast of Canada and Ala...