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List of Lepidoptera that feed on pear trees
Pears
are used as
food plants
by the caterpillars of a number of
Lepidoptera
. These include:
Bucculatricidae
* Several
Bucculatrix
leaf-miner
species:
**
B. bechsteinella
**
B. crataegi
**
B. pomifoliella
**
B. pyrivorella
Coleophoridae
* Several
Coleophora
case-bearer
species:
**
C. anatipennella
- recorded on
European pear
**
C. cerasivorella
**
C. hemerobiella
**
C. malivorella
**
C. nigricella
**
C. paripennella
**
C. siccifolia
**
C. spinella
- recorded on
European
pear
Geometridae
*
Chloroclystis
rectangulata
*
Colotois
pennaria
*
Ectropis
crepuscularia
*
Erannis
defoliaria
*
Operophtera
brumata
*
Selenia
tetralunaria
Lymantriidae
*
Euproctis chrysorrhoea
Noctuidae
*
Acronicta
psi
*
Acronicta tridens
*
Cosmia
trapezina
*
Eupsilia transversa
*
Naenia typica
*
Orthosia
cerasi
*
Phlogophora
meticulosa
*
Xestia
c-nigrum
Nolidae
*
Nola
cucullatella
Saturniidae
*
Pavonia
pavonia
Tortricidae
*
Enarmonia
formosana
- on bark
*
Epiphyas
postvittana
*
Cydia
pomonella
Yponomeutidae
*
Scythropia
crataegella