List of Lepidoptera that feed on pear trees facts for kids
Pears (Pyrus species) are used as food plants by the caterpillars of a number of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths). These include:
- Bucculatricidae
- Several Bucculatrix leaf-miner species:
- B. bechsteinella
- B. crataegi
- B. pomifoliella
- B. pyrivorella
- Several Bucculatrix leaf-miner species:
- Coleophoridae
- Several Coleophora case-bearer species:
- C. anatipennella – recorded on European pear (P. communis)
- C. cerasivorella
- C. hemerobiella
- C. malivorella
- C. nigricella
- C. paripennella
- C. siccifolia
- C. spinella (apple-and-plum case-bearer) – recorded on European pear (P. communis)
- Several Coleophora case-bearer species:
- Geometridae
- Chloroclystis rectangulata (green pug)
- Colotois pennaria (feathered thorn)
- Ectropis crepuscularia (engrailed)
- Erannis defoliaria (mottled umber)
- Operophtera brumata (winter moth)
- Selenia tetralunaria (purple thorn)
- Lymantriidae
- Euproctis chrysorrhoea (brown-tail)
- Noctuidae
- Acronicta psi (grey dagger)
- Acronicta tridens (dark dagger)
- Cosmia trapezina (dun-bar)
- Eupsilia transversa (satellite)
- Naenia typica (gothic)
- Orthosia cerasi (common Quaker)
- Phlogophora meticulosa (angle shades)
- Xestia c-nigrum (setaceous Hebrew character)
- Nolidae
- Nola cucullatella (short-cloaked moth)
- Saturniidae
- Pavonia pavonia (emperor moth)
- Tortricidae
- Enarmonia formosana (cherrybark tortrix) – on bark
- Epiphyas postvittana (light brown apple moth)
- Cydia pomonella (codling moth)
- Yponomeutidae
- Scythropia crataegella (hawthorn moth)
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