Complex sentence: The spruce bud moth defoliates young white spruce trees, stunts tree growth, and deforms buds, and although the moth does not lead to spruce tree death, the deformation negatively affects the quality of wood harvested from spruce tree plantations.
Split into simpler sentences: The spruce bud moth defoliates young white spruce trees, stunts tree growth, and deforms buds. Although the moth does not lead to spruce tree death, the deformation negatively affects the quality of wood harvested from spruce tree plantations.