List of Lepidoptera that feed on pines

Pines (Pinus species) 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 (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)
  • (Velda pinemoth)

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 (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)

External links[]

• Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, George W. & Hernández, Luis M. (2010). "Hostplant Genus: Pinus". HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.