EPPO Global Database

Petunia(1PEUG)

Pests

Organism Type
Cheravirus arracaciae oca strain (as Solanaceae) (AVBO00) Experimental
Nepovirus rubi (RPRSV0) Experimental
Tobacco streak ilarvirus potato strain (as Solanaceae) (TSVP00) Experimental
Aculops lycopersici (as Solanaceae) (VASALY) Host
Bemisia tabaci (as Solanaceae) (BEMITA) Host
Epilachna vigintioctomaculata (as Solanaceae) (EPILVI) Host
Epitrix cucumeris (EPIXCU) Host
* Loyola (1949) Biological observations and control of potato flea beetle, Epitrix
cucumeris Harris. Masters Theses 1911. University of Massachusetts Amherst, 113 pp. 
------- Ornamental Petunia were attacked  following destruction of infested Solanum nigrum in the same flower bed.
Epitrix tuberis (EPIXTU) 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.  Special Publications of the Coleopterists Society, 2, 476 pp.
------- feeding of adults
Heteronychus arator (HETRAR) Host
Pepper chat fruit viroid (as Solanaceae) (PCFVD0) Host
Phthorimaea operculella (as Solanaceae) (PHTOOP) Host
Tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid (TCDVD0) Host
* Shiraishi T, Maejima K, Komatsu K et al. (2013) First report of tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid isolated from symptomless petunia plants (Petunia spp.) in Japan. Journal of General Plant Pathology 79, 214–216. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10327-013-0444-8
------- confirmed host (asymptomatic)

* Viršček Marn M, Mavrič Pleško I (2010) First report of Tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid in Petunia spp. in Slovenia. Plant Disease 94(9), p 1171.
Alphanucleorhabdovirus tuberosum (as Solanaceae) (PYDV00) Wild/Weed
Stagonosporopsis andigena (as Solanaceae) (PHOMAN) Wild/Weed