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Pests

Organism Type
Anoplophora chinensis (as Acacia) (ANOLCN) 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.
Aonidiella citrina (as Acacia) (AONDCI) Host
Euwallacea perbrevis (as Acacia) (EUWAPE) Host 
* Smith SM, Gomez DF, Beaver RA, Hulcr J, Cognato AI (2019) Reassessment of the species in the Euwallacea fornicatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) complex after the rediscovery of the ‘lost’ type specimen. Insects 10, 261. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects10090261
Homona coffearia (as Acacia) (HOMOCO) Host
Icerya purchasi (ICERPU) Host 
* Kreiter P, Germain JF, Balmes V, Belet A, Cambournac L, Correa M, Descamps S, Faten A, Graverol S, Henry S, Japoshvili G, Lépinay V, Paris B, Ris N, Tourlourat A, Warot S, Robert F (2020) Diversité des cochenilles en horticulture ornementale. Phytoma no. 736, 41-46.
Megaplatypus mutatus (as Acacia) (PLTPMU) Host 
* Giménez RA, Etiennot AE (2003) Host range of Platypus mutatus. Entomotropica 18, 89–94.
Naupactus xanthographus (as Acacia) (NAUPXA) Host 
* Lanteri AA, Marvaldi AE, Suarez SM (2002) Gorgojos de la Argentina y sus plantas huespedes, Tomo I: Apionidae y Curculionidae. Publicacion Especial de la Sociedad Entomologica Agrentina.
------- reported as host but evidence is lacking that they can support completion of ful life cycle.
Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (as Acacia) (PSEAPE) Host 
* García Morales M, Denno BD, Miller DR, Miller GL, Ben-Dov Y, Hardy NB (2016) ScaleNet: A literature-based model of scale insect biology and systematics. Database. doi: 10.1093/database/bav118. http://scalenet.info [accessed 2026-02].

* Miller DR & Davidson JA (2005) Armored Scale Insect Pests of Trees and Shrubs. Cornell Univ. Press Ithaca, NY 442 pp.
Thaumetopoea processionea (as Acacia) (THAUPR) Host 
* Stigter H, Geraedts WHJM, Spijkers HCP (1997) Thaumetopoea processionea in the Netherlands: Present status and management perspectives (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae). Proceedings of the Section Experimental and Applied Entomology of the Netherlands Entomological Society (N.E.V.) 3-16. 
------- Occasional larval feeding.
Uromycladium tepperianum (as Acacia) (URCLTE) Host
Scirtothrips aurantii (as Acacia) (SCITAU) Wild/Weed 
* Freebairn C (2008) South African citrus thrips in Australia – identity, pest status and control. Final Report: CT03022, Horticultural Australia Ltd., 202 pp.
------- considered as moderate host in experiments (Acacia sophorae, A. longifolia).

* Mound LA, Palmer JM (1981) Identification, distribution and host-plants of the pest species of Scirtothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research 71, 467-479.
Scirtothrips dorsalis (as Acacia) (SCITDO) Wild/Weed 
* Mound LA, Palmer JM (1981) Identification, distribution and host-plants of the pest species of Scirtothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research 71 (3), 467-479.
------- Acacia species are considered as the main wild host species.