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------- not confirmed host.
Brown (2022) lists “Pyrus communis L. (as Malus domestica) “ as a host of G. packardi. However Pyrus communis is not a synonym of Malus domestica, and the references used to support this listing (MacKay, 1959) only mention “apples, rose, hawthorn, and possibly peach”
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------- Blomefield (1989) and Newton (1998) are cited in publication mentionning apples or pear as host. However, these last two authors did not actually mention apples or pears as hosts for T. leucotreta. Publications by Timm 2005; Timm et al. 2007; Timm et al. 2010 refers to traps in orchards, no finding in fruits.
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------- Found in a germplasm collection in Beltsville (US). Exprimental host status demonstrated. However, natural host status of pear remains to be confirmed.
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------- confirmed host.
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------ Confirmed host.
* Wei M, Chi H, Guo Y, Li X, Zhao L, Ma R (2022) Demography of Cacopsylla chinensis (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) reared on four cultivars of Pyrus bretschneideri (Rosales: Rosaceae) and P. communis pears with estimations of confidence intervals of specific life table statistics. Journal of Economic Entomology 113(5), 2343–2353, https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toaa149
------- less favorable host than Pyrus bretschneideri.
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------- First description on Pyrus communis (Piemonte and Valle d'Aosta, IT).
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------- Confirmed host.
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------- confirmed true host of Chrysobothis femorata sensu stricto
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------- confirmed true host of Chrysobothis mali
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------- Confirmed host.
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------- able to establish breeding colonies on pear trees, but apparently at a low frequency and without causing symptoms of dieback
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------- Confirmed host.
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------- Aecial host.
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------- Aecial host.
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-------- Feeding host.
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------- confirmed host (as peral)
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------- causing damage on buds, flower, leaves, shoots, roots.
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------- confirmed host.
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------- confirmed host.
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------- host as 'European pear'
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------- reproductive host.
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------- as pear, cultivar Pera d'água, found on two trees
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