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spruce budworm

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Definition of spruce budworm

: a tortricid moth (Choristoneura fumiferana) whose larva feeds on evergreen trees (such as spruce and balsam fir) in the northern U.S. and Canada also : a related moth (C. occidentalis) of the northwestern U.S. and adjacent Canada

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Recent Examples on the Web

 One of the major uses of DDT was controlling insect outbreaks, like spruce budworm, in conifer forests across North America. — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, "Decades After DDT Was Banned, It Still Impacts Canadian Lakes," 15 June 2019

First Known Use of spruce budworm

1884, in the meaning defined above

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