List of Lepidoptera that feed on pines
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Pines (Pinus spp.) are used as food plants by the caterpillars of a number of Lepidoptera species, including:
[edit] 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)
[edit] 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 (The 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)
