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List of Lepidoptera that feed on pines
Pines
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
Gelechiidae
*
Chionodes
retiniella
- only on
ponderosa pine
*
Chionodes sabinianus
- only on
gray pine
Saturniidae
*
Coloradia
doris
*
Coloradia luski
- only on
eastern white pine
*
Coloradia
velda
Polyphagous
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Species which feed on
Pinus
and other
plants
Batrachedridae
*
Batrachedra pinicolella
- recorded on
Scots pine
Bucculatricidae
*
Bucculatrix
ulmella
- recorded on Scots pine
Gelechiidae
*
Chionodes electella
*
Chionodes periculella
- recorded on ponderosa pine
Geometridae
*
Bupalus piniaria
*
Ectropis
crepuscularia
*
Epirrita
autumnata
*
Odontopera
bidentata
- recorded on Scots pine
Lymantriidae
*
Lymantria
dispar
-
older
larvae only
Noctuidae
*
Panolis
flammea
Saturniidae
*
Coloradia pandora
Thaumetopoeidae
*
Thaumetopoea
pityocampa
Tortricidae
*
Cydia
duplicana
- recorded on
injured
bark of pines
*
Epiphyas
postvittana