EPPO Global Database

Alternanthera ficoidea(ALRFI)

Pests

Organism Type
Russelliana solanicola (RUSLSO) Host
* Serbina L, Burckhardt D, Birkhofer K, Syfert MM, Halbert SE (2015) The potato pest Russelliana solanicola Tuthill (Hemiptera: Psylloidea): taxonomy and host-plant patterns. Zootaxa 4021, 33–62. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4021.1.2.
-------- Considered as a host plant as immatures were found on this plant species.
Spodoptera frugiperda (LAPHFR) Host
* Montezano DG, Specht A, Sosa-Gómez DR, Roque-Specht VF, Sousa-Silva JC, Paula-Moraes SV, Peterson JA, Hunt T (2018) Host plants of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in the Americas. African Entomology 26, 286-300.
Spodoptera ornithogalli (as Alternanthera) (PRODOR) Host
* Brito R, Specht A, Gonçalves GL, Moreira GRP, Carneiro E, Santos FL, Roque-Specht VF, Mielke OHH, Casagrande MM (2019) Spodoptera marima: a new synonym of Spodoptera ornithogalli (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), with notes on adult morphology, host plant use and genetic variation along its geographic range. Neotropical Entomology 48(3), 433-448.

* Heppner JB (2007) Lepidoptera of Florida. Part 1. Introduction and catalog. Gainesville, Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services, p 670.
Xylella fastidiosa (XYLEFA) Host
* EFSA (2024) Update of the Xylella spp. host plant database – Systematic literature search up to 31 December 2023. EFSA Journal 22, e8898. https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.2903/j.efsa.2024.8898
------- Subspecies unknown.
Xanthomonas citri pv. viticola (XANTCV) Wild/Weed
* Peixoto AR, Mariano RL, Moreira JO, Viana IO (2007) Alternative hosts of Xanthomonas campestris pv. Viticola. Fitopatologia Brasileira. 2007 32(2), 161-164.
------- as Alternanthera tenella.