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title: "Spruce Budworm Moth"
description: "Choristoneura fumiferana — Owady i pająki. Choristoneura fumiferana, the eastern spruce budworm, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae native to the eastern United States and Canada."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/spruce-budworm-moth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Spruce Budworm Moth

> Choristoneura fumiferana — Owady i pająki. Choristoneura fumiferana, the eastern spruce budworm, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae native to the eastern United States and Canada.

- Scientific name: *Choristoneura fumiferana*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 13029
- Wikidata: [Q954655](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q954655)
- iNaturalist taxon: [208521](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/208521)

## Names

- en: Spruce Budworm Moth
- fr: Tordeuse des bourgeons de l'épinette

## Countries with the most observations

CA (2243), US (728)

## Summary

Choristoneura fumiferana, the eastern spruce budworm, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae native to the eastern United States and Canada. The caterpillars feed on the needles of spruce and fir trees. Eastern spruce budworm populations can experience significant oscillations, with large outbreaks sometimes resulting in wide scale tree mortality. The first recorded outbreaks of the spruce budworm in the United States occurred in about 1807, and since 1909 there have been waves of budworm outbreaks throughout the eastern United States and Canada. In Canada, the major outbreaks occurred in periods circa 1910…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choristoneura_fumiferana

## Photo

![Spruce Budworm Moth](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/spruce-budworm-moth/medium.jpg)

Photo: Trix Niernberger · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/292641416

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/spruce-budworm-moth?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).