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Choristoneura luticostana
Choristoneura luticostana in Kennel Die palaearktischen tortriciden figures 18 male gigantea Kenn (Askold), 19 female (Sutschan)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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. 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. Larvae can be found from May to June.

References

1. tortricidae.com
2. Bong-Kyu, Byun; Shan-Chun, Yan; Cheng-De, Li (2003). "Revision of Tribe Archipini (Tortricidae: Tortricinae) in Northeast China". Journal of Forestry Research. 14 (2): 93–102. doi:10.1007/BF02856773.
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. Kryzhanovskiĭ, Oleg Leonidovich; Davis, Donald Ray (1989). Lepidopterous Fauna of the USSR and Adjacent Countries: A Collection of Papers Dedicated to Professor Alexsandr Sergeevich Danilevskii. Brill Archive. ISBN 90-04-08805-9.

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