List of Lepidoptera that feed on pear trees

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
• 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)
• 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)

External links

• Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, George W. & Hernández, Luis M. (2010). "Hostplant Genus: Pyrus". HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.