List of Lepidoptera that feed on pines
Pines (Pinus species) are used as food plants by the caterpillars of a number of Lepidoptera species, including:
Monophagous
Species which feed exclusively on Pinus
- Batrachedridae
- Batrachedra silvatica – only on chir pine (P. roxburghii)
- Gelechiidae
- Chionodes retiniella – only on ponderosa pine (P. ponderosa)
- Chionodes sabinianus – only on gray pine (P. sabineana)
- Saturniidae
- Coloradia doris (Doris' pinemoth)
- Coloradia luski (Lusk's pinemoth) – only on eastern white pine (P. strobus)
- Coloradia velda (Velda pinemoth)
Polyphagous
Species which feed on Pinus and other plants
- Batrachedridae
- Batrachedra pinicolella – recorded on Scots pine (P. sylvestris)
- Bucculatricidae
- Bucculatrix ulmella – recorded on Scots pine (P. sylvestris)
- Gelechiidae
- Chionodes electella
- Chionodes periculella – recorded on ponderosa pine (P. ponderosa)
- Geometridae
- Bupalus piniaria (bordered white, pine looper)
- Ectropis crepuscularia (engrailed)
- Epirrita autumnata (autumnal moth)
- Odontopera bidentata (scalloped hazel) – recorded on Scots pine (P. sylvestris)
- Lymantriidae
- Lymantria dispar (gypsy moth) – older larvae only
- Noctuidae
- Panolis flammea (pine beauty)
- Saturniidae
- Coloradia pandora (Pandora pinemoth)
- Thaumetopoeidae
- Thaumetopoea pityocampa (pine processionary)
- Tortricidae
- Cydia duplicana – recorded on injured bark of pines
- Epiphyas postvittana (light brown apple moth)
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External links
- Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, George W. & Hernández, Luis M. (2010). "Hostplant Genus: Pinus". HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.
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