Insects Feeding
on this Plant:
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Pyrus communis (Pear) [Rosaceae]
(Observations are from Funkhouser, Hottes & Frison, Knight, Needham et al., Aldrich & Osten-Sacken, Cranshaw, ScaleNet)
Diptera (Flies)
Cecidomyiidae: Contarinia pyrivora (Pear Midge) [larvae are found in fruit] AOS1905
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Lygocoris communis (Green Apple Bug) [feeds on fruit] Kn1941
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Aphididae: Aphis pomi (Apple Aphid) [found on young shoots & leaf undersides] HF1931; Diaspididae: Diaspidiotus ancylis (Putnam Scale) [found on leaves, sometimes bark, polyphagous; this insect is widely distributed in the USA] SN2014, Diaspidiotus ostreaeformis (False San Jose Scale) [found on bark, polyphagous; this insect is widely distributed in N USA & S Canada, also in Eurasia, where it is native] SN2014, Diaspidiotus perniciosus (San Jose Scale) [usually found on bark, polyphagous, although preferring woody species in the Rosaceae; this insect is widely distributed; syn. Comstockaspis perniciosa, syn. Quadraspidiotus perniciosus] SN2014, Epidiaspis leperii (Italian Pear Scale) [found on young branches & twigs; this insect occurs in NE USA & Missouri] SN2014, Lepidosaphes conchiformis (Fig Scale) [found on bark & leaves, also fig fruits in California; this insect occurs in some areas of both E USA & W USA, including Missouri & California; it was introduced from Eurasia] SN2014, Lepidosaphes ulmi (Oystershell Scale) [found on bark, polyphagous; this insect is widely distributed in the USA, S Canada, & Eurasia] SN2014; Membracidae: Stictocephala taurina [polyphagous] Fnk1917; Pseudococcidae: Dysmicoccus wistariae (Taxus Mealybug) [polyphagous, although Taxus spp. are preferred hosts; widely distributed in NE & north-central USA] SN2014, Pseudococcus comstocki (Comstock Mealybug) [found on foliage, including lower side of leaves; polyphagous, feeding on woody vegetation; this insect is widely distributed in NE & north-central USA, it is also found in Ontario] SN2014, Pseudococcus maritimus (Grape Mealybug) [found on foliage, polyphagous; this insect is widely distributed] SN2014
Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, & Moths)
Nepticulidae: Nepticula chalybeia [leaf-miner, syn. Stigmella minusculella] Ndm1928
Thysanoptera (Thrips)
Thripidae: Taeniothrips inconsequens (Pear Thrips) [found on buds & young leaves] Crw2004