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Pear-Campylomma bug Campylomma verbasci Pest description and crop damage Campylomma, or mullein bug, is Asian or European in origin. Adults are brownish-yellow and about 0.1 inch in length, very mobile and active. Nymphs are smaller, green, and also fast ...

Pear-Codling moth Cydia pomonella Pest description and crop damage This insect can be the worst pest of pears, especially in warmer, dryer areas of the PNW. Adult moths have a 0.5 to 0.75 inch wingspan, with alternating gray and white bands on the wings a ...

Pear-Cutworm See: Pear-Armyworm and cutworm Pear Cutworm ...

Pear-Eriophyid mite Pear rust mite (Epitrimerus pyri) Pearleaf blister mite (Eriophyes pyri) Pest description and crop damage Adults of eriophyid mites cannot be seen without magnification. Pearleaf blister mites are light in color, cylindrical, tapered a ...

Pear-Grape mealybug Pseudococcus maritimus Pest description and crop damage The adult female is wingless and can be up to 0.2 inch in length. It has a well-developed ring of waxy filaments around the sides of its body. The nymphs (or young crawlers) are p ...

Pear-Green fruitworm Lithophane antennata and other fruitworm species Pest description and crop damage Several species of green fruitworms can attack fruit trees. Adult fruitworm moths vary in appearance depending on the species but are generally large, w ...

Pear-Leafhopper Rose leafhopper (Edwardsiana rosae) White apple leafhopper (Typhlocyba pomaria) Pest description and crop damage The most observed leafhopper in pears is the rose leafhopper, while the white apple leafhopper, a frequent pest of apples, is ...

Pear-Leafroller European or filbert leafroller (Archips rosana) Fruittree leafroller (Archips argyrospila) Obliquebanded leafroller (Choristoneura rosaceana) Pandemis leafroller (Pandemis pyrusana) Pest description and crop damage There are several specie ...

Pear-Lecanium scale Parthenolecanium corni Pest description and crop damage This is a minor pest in commercial pear orchards. Adult scales are up to 0.2 inch across, reddish brown, and rounded. The adults resemble small helmets or bumps on branches, stems ...

Pear-Lygus bug and plant bug Family Miridae, including Lygus bug (Lygus spp.) Western tarnished plant bug (Lygus hesperus) Pest description and crop damage This group of insects have piercing-sucking mouthparts and a triangle between the head and the wing ...