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PYRUS. Pears. [Rosaceae]

Five species of Pyrus are recorded in Britain. These include Pear (P. communis). No dipterous miners are recorded on Pyrus in Britain. Fifteen non-dipterous miners are recorded on Pyrus in Britain. Elsewhere three additional British non-dipterous miners are recorded on Pyrus.

Non-dipterous miners recorded on Pyrus in Britain Bucculatrix bechsteinella (Bechstein & Scharfenberg, 1805) Lepidoptera: Bucculatricidae Coleophora anatipennella (Hübner, 1796) Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae Coleophora hemerobiella (Scopoli, 1763) Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae Coleophora spinella (Schrank, 1802) Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae   Coleophora violacea (Ström, 1783) Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae Ectoedemia atricollis (Stainton, 1857) Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae Leucoptera malifoliella (O. Costa, 1836) Lepidoptera: Lyonetidae Phyllonorycter corylifoliella (Hübner, 1796) Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae Phyllonorycter leucographella (Zeller, 1850) Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae Phyllonorycter oxyacanthae (Frey, 1856) Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae Recurvaria nanella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae Stigmella desperatella (Frey, 1856) Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae     Stigmella minusculella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855) Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae     Stigmella oxyacanthella (Stainton, 1854) Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae Stigmella pyri (Glitz, 1865) Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae     Additional British non-dipterous miners recorded on Pyrus elsewhere Incurvaria pectinea Haworth 1828 Lepidoptera: Incurvariidae Lyonetia clerkella (Linnaeus, 1758) Lepidoptera: Lyonetiidae Phyllonorycter mespilella (Hübner, 1805) Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae

Last updated 29-Aug-2008  Brian Pitkin

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