EPPO Global Database

Agave americana(AGVAM)

Pests

Organism Type
Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (RHYCFE) Host
* Longo S, Anderson PJ, Smith TR, Stanley JD, Inserra RN (2011) New palm hosts for the red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus, in Sicily. Palms 55(1), 15-20.
------- Attempts to rear the pest on Agave americana failed.
Scyphophorus acupunctatus (SCYPIN) Host
* Andrade MM (2022) The presence of the Agave weevil Scyphophorus acupunctatus Gyllenhal, 1838 (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae) in Madeira Archipelago. A new biological control opportunity or a new invasive species? Weevil News No. 98, 11 pp.

* Cuervo-Parra JA, Pérez-España VH, López Pérez PA, Morales-Ovando MA, Arce-Cervantes O, Aparicio-Burgos JE, Romero-Cortes T (2019) Scyphophorus acupunctatus (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae): a weevil threatening the production of agave in Mexico. Florida Entomologist 102(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1653/024.102.0101

* Riba i Flinch JM, Alonso Zarazaga MA (2007) [The agave snout weevil or sisal weevil, Scyphophorus acupunctatus Gyllenhal, 1838 (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae): first record from the Iberian Peninsula]. Boletín Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 41, 419-422 (in Spanish).

* Vaurie P (1971) Review of Scyphophorus (Curculionidae: Rhynchophorinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 25(1), 1-8.
Thrips hawaiiensis (THRIHA) Host