The following is a list of diseases of pears ("Pyrus communis"). It is an autumn cultivar (cultivated variety) of the European pear ("Pyrus communis"). Pyrus bourgaeana, the Iberian pear, is a close relative of "Pyrus communis" L. It hybridizes well with "Pyrus communis" and "Pyrus pyraster". The larvae feed on "Malus" species (including "Malus domestica") and "Pyrus communis". "Pyrus communis" (and perhaps other "Pyrus" species), "Sorbus" and "Cotoneaster".