EPPO Global Database

Pyrus sp.(PYUSS)

Pests

Organism Type
Agrilus mali (as Pyrus) (AGRLMA) Doubtful host
* EPPO (2024) EPPO Technical Document No. 1093. Pest risk analysis for Agrilus mali (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). EPPO, Paris. Available at https://gd.eppo.int/taxon/AGRLMA/documents
------- not confirmed host.
Agrobacterium tumefaciens (as Pyrus) (AGRBTU) Host
Anarsia lineatella (as Pyrus) (ANARLI) Host
Apriona cinerea (as Pyrus) (APRICI) Host
* Singh AP, Bhandari RS, Verma TD (2004) Important insect pests of poplars in agroforestry and strategies for their management in northwestern India. Agroforestry Systems 63, 15–26.
Apriona germari (as Pyrus) (APRIGE) Host
* Lim J, Jung S-Y, Lim J-S, Jang J, Kim K-M, Lee Y-M, Lee B-W (2014) A review of host plants of Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) with new host records for fourteen Cerambycids, including the Asian longhorn beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis Motschulsky), in Korea. Korean Journal of Applied Entomology 53(2), 111-133.
Apscaviroid pustulapyri (as Pyrus) (PBCVD0) Host
Cacopsylla chinensis (as Pyrus) (CCPSCH) Host
'Candidatus Phytoplasma fraxini' (PHYPFR) Host
* Arocha-Rosete Y, Kent P, Agrawal V, Hunt D, Hamilton A, Bertaccini A, Scott J, Crosby W, Michelutti R (2011) Identification of Graminella nigrifrons as a potential vector for phytoplasmas affecting Prunus and Pyrus species in Canada. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 33, 465-474.
Carposina sasakii (as Pyrus) (CARSSA) Host
* Wang YZ, Li BY, Hoffmann AA, Cao LJ, Gong YJ, Song W, Zhu JY, Wei SJ (2017) Patterns of genetic variation among geographic and host-plant associated populations of the peach fruit moth Carposina sasakii (Lepidoptera: Carposinidae). BMC Ecology and Evolution 17, 265 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-1116-7
Ceratitis rosa (as Pyrus) (CERTRO) Host
Choristoneura rosaceana (CHONRO) Host
* Food Plant Database for the Leafrollers of the World (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). http://www.tortricidae.com/foodplantreferences.asp
------- LACM Index. Records from the card file at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Los Angeles, California; transcribed by Gaeden Robinson (BMNH).
Comstockaspis perniciosa (QUADPE) Host
* Dekle GW (1965) Florida armored scale insects. Arthropods of Florida and neighboring land areas. Florida Department of Agriculture Division of Plant Industry, Gainesville, Florida V. 3, 265 pp.

* Rahman KA, Ansari AR (1941) Scale insects of the Punjab and north-west frontier province usually mistaken for San José scale (with descriptions of two new species). Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 11, 816-830.
Diabrotica undecimpunctata undecimpunctata (DIABUN) Host
* Clark SM, LeDoux DG, Seeno TN, Riley EG, Gilbert AJ, Sullivan JM (2004) Host plants of leaf beetle species occurring in the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae, Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Coleopterists Society, Special Publication 2, 1-476.
-------- Adult host.
Erwinia amylovora (as Pyrus) (ERWIAM) Host
* Van der Zwet, Keil HL (1979) Fire blight: a bacterial disease of rosaceous Plants. USDA Handbook no. 510. USDA, Washington (US), 200 p.

* Zeller W (1977) Studies on fire blight in the German Federal Republic. 2. Susceptibility of woody ornamentals to Erwinia amylovora. Nachrichtenblatt des Deutschen Pflanzenschutzdienstes 29(1 ), p 1-10.
Grapholita inopinata (as Pyrus) (CYDIIN) Host
Grapholita molesta (as Pyrus) (LASPMO) Host
Grapholita prunivora (as Pyrus) (LASPPR) Host
Gymnosporangium globosum (as Pyrus) (GYMNGL) Host
Homalodisca vitripennis (HOMLTR) Host
* Hoddle MS, Triapitsyn SV, Morgan DJW (2003) Distribution and plant association records for Homalodisca coagulata (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in Florida. Florida Entomologist 86(1), 89-91.
Hyphantria cunea (as Pyrus) (HYPHCU) Host
Leucoptera malifoliella (as Pyrus) (LEUCSC) Host
Lycorma delicatula (LYCMDE) Host
* Barringer L, Ciafré CM (2020) Worldwide feeding host plants of spotted lanternfly, with significant additions from North America. Environmental Entomology 49(5), 999–1011.
Malacosoma disstria (as Pyrus) (MALADI) Host
Megaplatypus mutatus (as Pyrus) (PLTPMU) Host
* Allegro G, Griffo R (2008) I rischi di diffusione di Megaplatypus mutatus. L'informatore Agrario no. 13, 73-76.
Monilinia fructicola (as Pyrus) (MONIFC) Host
Neofabraea malicorticis (as Pyrus) (PEZIMA) Host
Orgyia leucostigma (as Pyrus) (HEMELE) Host
Pear bud drop agent (as Pyrus) (PRBD00) Host
Phyllosticta solitaria (as Pyrus) (PHYSSL) Host
* Farr DF, Bills GF, Chamuris GP, Rossman AY (1989) Fungi on plants and plant products in the United States, APS Press, St Paul, USA, 1252 pp.

* Wikee S, Udayanga D, Crous PW, Chukeatirote E, McKenzie EH, Bahkali AH, Dai DQ, Hyde KD (2011). Phyllosticta—an overview of current status of species recognition. Fungal Diversity 51, 43-61.
Phytophthora cactorum (as Pyrus) (PHYTCC) Host
Platynota stultana (PLAAST) Host
* Hoover GA, Biddinger DJ (2014) Omnivorous leafroller, Platynota stultana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Penn State Extension Pest Alert. https://ento.psu.edu/files/omnivorous-leafroller/view
Pseudococcus comstocki (as Pyrus) (PSECCO) Host
Scolytus schevyrewi (as Pyrus) (SCOLSH) Host
Taphrina bullata (as Pyrus) (TAPHBU) Host
Thrips hawaiiensis (as Pyrus) (THRIHA) Host
Trichoferus campestris (as Pyrus) (HESOCA) Host
* Iwata R & Yamada F (1990) Notes on the biology of Hesperophanes campestris, a drywood borer in Japan. Material und Organismen 25, 305–313.
Trirachys sartus (AELSSA) Host
* Ahmad MI, Hafiz IA, Chaudhry MI (1977) Biological studies of Aeolesthes sarta Solksy attacking poplars in Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Forestry 27, 123-129.

* Gressitt JL (1951) Longicornia. Volume 2. Paul Lechevalier, Paris.

* Gaffar SA, Bhat AA (1991) Management of stem borer, Aeolesthes sarta (Solsky), infesting walnut trees in Kashmir. Indian Journal of Forestry 14, 138- 141.
Xylella fastidiosa (XYLEFA) Host
* EFSA (2024) Update of the Xylella spp. host plant database – Systematic literature search up to 31 December 2023. EFSA Journal 22, e8898. https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.2903/j.efsa.2024.8898
------- Subspecies unknown.
Xylotrechus chinensis (XYLOCH) Host
* Han Y, Lee D (2010) Taxonomic review of the genus Xylotrechus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae) in Korea with a newly recorded species. Korean Journal of Applied Entomology 49(2), 69–82. https://doi.org/10.5656/KSAE.2010.49.2.069
Anoplophora chinensis (as Pyrus) (ANOLCN) Major host
* Sjöman H, Östberg J & Nilsson J (2014) Review of host trees for the wood-boring pests Anoplophora glabripennis and Anoplophora chinensis: an urban forest perspective. Arboriculture & Urban Forestry 40(3), 143–164.
Neofabraea vagabunda (as Pyrus) (PEZIAL) Major host
Neonectria ditissima (as Pyrus) (NECTGA) Major host