EPPO Global Database

Agave salmiana(AGVSA)

Pests

Organism Type
Scyphophorus acupunctatus (SCYPIN) Host
* 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).
Spodoptera ornithogalli (PRODOR) Host
* Vega-Chavez JL, Hernandez JM, Gonzalez-Hernandez H, Morales-Maldonado ER, Cepeda YAA (2021) First report of Spodoptera ornithogalli in Agave salmiana. Southwestern Entomologist 46(1), 271-274.