EPPO Global Database

Acalypha infesta(ACCIF)

Pests

Organism Type
Chloridea virescens (HELIVI) Host
* Kogan M, Helm CG, Kogan J, Brewer E (1989) Distribution and economic importance of Heliothis virescens and Heliothis zea in North, Central, and South America and of their Natural Enemies and Host Plants. pp 241-297 In Proceedings of the Workshop on Biological Control of Heliothis: Increasing the effectiveness of natural enemies. USDA.

* Hambleton EJ (1944) Heliothis virescens as a pest of cotton, with notes on host plants in Peru. Journal of Economic Entomology 37, 660-666.
------- one observation of larvae feeding on the plant

* EPPO (2024) EPPO Technical Document No. 1091. Pest risk analysis for Chloridea virescens. EPPO, Paris. Available at https://gd.eppo.int/taxon/HELIVI/documents
------- Likely host (reported as host in the literature but lacking evidence to consider it as main host – see PRA for further details on the host).
Icerya purchasi (as Acalypha) (ICERPU) Host