EPPO Global Database

Ambrosia psilostachya(AMBPS)

Pests

Organism Type
Diabrotica virgifera zeae (as Ambrosia) (DIABVZ) Host
* Clark SM, LeDoux DG, Seeno TN, Riley EG, Gilbert AJ, Sullivan JM (2004) Host plants of leaf beetle species occurring in the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae, Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Coleopterists Society, Special Publication 2, 615 pp.
------- Adult host.
Euwallacea kuroshio (as Ambrosia) (EUWAKU) 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
Orthotospovirus tomatomaculae (TSWV00) Host
* Parrella G, Gognalons P, Gebre-Selassie K, Vovlas C, Marchoux G (2003) An update of the host range of tomato spotted wilt virus. Journal of Plant Pathology 85(4), 227-264.
------- Confirmed host.
Phymatotrichopsis omnivora (PHMPOM) Host
* Anonymous (1960) Index of Plant Diseases in the United States. Agriculture Handbook no 165, USDA-ARS (US) 531 pp.
Diabrotica undecimpunctata undecimpunctata (DIABUN) Wild/Weed
* Clark SM, LeDoux DG, Seeno TN, Riley EG, Gilbert AJ, Sullivan JM (2004) Host plants of leaf beetle species occurring in the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae, Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Coleopterists Society, Special Publication 2, 1-476.
-------- Adult host.
Epitrix tuberis (as Ambrosia) (EPIXTU) Wild/Weed
* Hill RE, Tate AD (1942) Life history and habits of potato flea beetle in Western Nebraska. Journal of Economic Entomology 35, 879-884.
------- feeding of adults
Orthotospovirus iridimaculaflavi (as Ambrosia) (IYSV00) Wild/Weed
Platynota stultana (PLAAST) Wild/Weed
* Gilligan TM, Epstein ME (online) TortAI, Tortricids of Agricultural Importance. Platynota stultana. http://idtools.org/id/leps/tortai/Platynota_stultana.htm

* Goeden RD, Riker DW (1976) The phytophagous insect fauna of the ragweed Ambrosia psilostachya in southern California, U.S.A. Environmental Entomology 5, 1169–1177.