EPPO Global Database

Bactris gasipaes(BCTGA)

Pests

Organism Type
Bactrocera dorsalis (DACUDO) Host
* Liquido NJ, McQuate GT, Birnbaum AL, Hanlin MA, Nakamichi KA, Inskeep JR, Ching AJF, Marnell SA, Kurashima RS (2019) A review of recorded host plants of oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera (Bactrocera) dorsalis (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae), Version 3.1. Available online at: USDA Compendium of Fruit Fly Host Information (CoFFHI), Edition 4.0.
Brachyplatys subaeneus (BRAPSU) Host
* Aiello A, Saltonstall K, Young V (2016) Brachyplatys vahlii (Fabricius, 1787), an introduced bug from Asia: first report in the Western Hemisphere (Hemiptera: Plataspidae: Brachyplatidinae). BioInvasions Records 5(1), 7-12.
Dynamis borassi (DYNMBO) Host
* Bautista-Giraldo MA, Ambrecht I, Vásquez-Ordoñez AA (2020) The weevil Dynamis borassi (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Dryophthorinae) associated with native palms in forests and disturbed areas in Buenaventura, Colombia. Revista Colombiana de Entomología 46(2), e7721.  https://doi.org/10.25100/socolen.v46i2.7721

*  Vásquez-Ordoñez AA, Löhr BL, Marvaldi AE (2020) Comparative morphology of the larvae of the palm weevils Dynamis borassi (Fabricius) and Rhynchophorus palmarum (Linnaeus) (Curculionidae: Dryophthorinae): Two major pests of peach palms in the Neotropics.  Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo 60(special), e202060(s.i.).27. https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2020.60.special-issue.27
Metamasius hemipterus (METAHE) Host
* Alpízar D, Fallas M, Oehlschlager AC, Gonzalez LM, Chinchilla CM, Bulgarelli J (2002) Pheromone mass trapping of the West Indian sugarcane weevil and the American palm weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Palmito palm. Florida Entomologist 85, 426-430

* Zorzenon FJ, Bergmann EC, Bicudo JE (2000) Primeira ocorrência de Metamasius hemipterus (Linnaeus, 1758) e Metamasius ensirostris (Germar, 1824)(Coleoptera, Curculionidae) em palmiteiros dos gêneros Euterpe e Bactris (Arecaceae) no Brasil. Arquivos do Instituto Biológico 67, 265-268.
Metamasius hemipterus (as Bactris) (METAHE) Host
Opogona sacchari (OPOGSC) Host
* Heppner JB, Pena JE, Glenn H (1987) The banana moth, Opogona sacchari (Bojer) (Lepidoptera: Tineidae), in Florida. Entomology Circular, Division of Plant Industry, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services No. 293, 4pp.
Tetranychus mexicanus (TETRME) Host
* Stein CP, Daolio N (2012) Biologia de Tetranychus mexicanus (McGregor) (Acari: Tetranychidae) em folhas de Pupunha (Bactris gasipaes Kunth). Bioikos, Campinas 26(1), 23-28. http://periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br/seer/index.php/bioikos/article/view/762/742
------- confirmed host.

* Santana DLQ, Flechtmann CHW (1998) Mite (Arthropoda, Acari) associates of palms (Arecaceae) in Brazil I: present status and new records. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 15(4), 959–963. https://doi.org/10.1590/s0101-81751998000400014
Rhynchophorus palmarum (RHYCPA) Major host
* Alpizar D, Fallas M, Oehlschlager AC, Gonzalez LM, Chinchilla CM, Bulgarelli J (2002) Phreomone mass trapping of the West Indian sugarcane weevil and the American palm weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Palmito palm. Florida Entomologist, 85(3), 426-430.

* Cerda H, Martinez R, Briceno N, Pizzoferrato L, Hermoso D, Paoletti M (1999) Rearing, nutritional composition, and sensorial analysis of the Rhynchophorus palmarum (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) palm weevil as a food eaten by the Amazonian indians. Ecotropicos 12(1), 25-32.

* de la Torre ARC, de la Torre JAA, Moya OM (2010) Biologia, habitos y manejo de Rhynchophorus palmarum. Boletin Tecnico no. 23, Centro de Investigación en Palma de Aceite, Cenipalma, Colombia, 53 pp.

* Faleiro JR, Jaques JA, Carrillo D, Giblin-Davis R, Mannion CM, Peña-Rojas E, Peña JE (2016) Integrated Pest Management (IPM) of palm pests. In: Abrol DP (ed) Integrated Pest Management in the Tropics; pp. 439-497.