EPPO Global Database

Begonia rex(BEGRE)

Pests

Organism Type
Fusarium foetens (FUSAFO) Experimental
* Elmer WH (2008) Preventing spread of Fusarium wilt of Hiemalis begonias in the greenhouse. Crop Protection 27, 1078-1083.
------- When inoculated, cultivars ‘Hurricane Bay’ and ‘White Caps’ showed symptoms.
Aleurodicus dugesii (as Begonia) (ALEDDU) Host
Heteronychus arator (as Begonia) (HETRAR) Host
Orthotospovirus arachianuli (as Begonia) (GRSV00) Host
* EPPO Reporting Service (2015/113) : detected in May 2015 in a commercial crop of potted Begonia spp. plants in Rovaniemi (Northern Finland).
Rotylenchus buxophilus (as Begonia) (HELYBU) Host
Spodoptera eridania (PRODER) Host
* Montezano DG, Specht A, Sosa-Gomez DR, Roque-Specht VF & de Barros NM (2014) Immature stages of Spodoptera eridania (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae): developmental parameters and host plants. Journal of Insect Science 14, 238. https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieu121
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 Begonia) (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.