Larches / tamaracks
- Latin name: Larix sp.
- French name: Mélèze
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Description
Insects and mites
Insects that cause damage to this tree.
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Pales weevil
Scientific name: Hylobius pales (Herbst)
Cones or seeds
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Common emerald
Scientific name: Hemithea aestivaria (Hubner)
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Spruce budworm
Scientific name: Choristoneura fumiferana (Clemens)
Flowers, fruits, or seeds
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Spruce budworm
Scientific name: Choristoneura fumiferana (Clemens)
Foliage or buds
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Common emerald
Scientific name: Hemithea aestivaria (Hubner)
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Eastern blackheaded budworm
Scientific name: Acleris variana (Fernald)
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Pine measuringworm moth
Scientific name: Hypagyrtis piniata (Pack.)
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Spruce budworm
Scientific name: Choristoneura fumiferana (Clemens)
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Spruce spider mite
Scientific name: Oligonychus ununguis (Jacobi)
Roots, bark, stem or trunk, or branches
Diseases caused by pathogens
Diseases caused by pathogens that cause damage to this tree.
Foliage or buds
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Conifer-aspen rust
Pathogen name: Melampsora medusae f. sp. tremuloidis Shain
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Conifer-poplar rust
Pathogen name: Melampsora occidentalis Jacks.
Roots, bark, stem or trunk, or branches
Schweinitzii butt rot
Pathogen name: Phaeolus schweinitzii (Fr.) Pat. (Common names for the fungus: velvet-topped polypore, dyer’s polypore)
