EPPO Global Database

Begonia sp.(BEGSS)

Pests

Organism Type
Aleurocanthus woglumi (ALECWO) Host
* Dietz HF, Zetek J (1920) The blackfly of citrus and other subtropical plants. USDA Bulletin 885, 1-55.

* Dubey AK, Ko CC (2012) Sexual dimorphism among species of Aleurocanthus Quaintance & Baker (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in Taiwan, with one new species and an identification key. Zootaxa 3177, 1–23.
Aleurodicus dugesii (as Begonia) (ALEDDU) Host
Heteronychus arator (as Begonia) (HETRAR) Host
Homalodisca vitripennis (HOMLTR) Host
* Hoddle MS, Triapitsyn SV, Morgan DJW (2003) Distribution and plant association records for Homalodisca coagulata (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in Florida. Florida Entomologist 86(1), 89-91.
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).
Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum (RALSPS) Host
* Cellier G, Moreau A, Chabirand A, Hostachy B, Ailloud F, Prior P (2015) A Duplex PCR Assay for the detection of Ralstonia solanacearum Phylotype II strains in Musa spp. PLoS ONE 10(3): e0122182. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0122182
------- Begonia semperflorens

* Rodrigues LMR, Destéfano SAL, Silva MJ, Costa GGL, Maringoni AC (2012) Characterization of Ralstonia solanacearum from Brazil using molecular methods and pathogenicity tests. Journal of Plant Pathology 94, 505–16. 
------- Begonia hybrids
Ralstonia solanacearum species complex (RALSSO) Host
* Cellier G, Moreau A, Chabirand A, Hostachy B, Ailloud F, Prior P (2015) A Duplex PCR Assay for the detection of Ralstonia solanacearum Phylotype II strains in Musa spp. PLoS ONE 10(3): e0122182. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0122182
------- Begonia semperflorens

* Rodrigues LMR, Destéfano SAL, Silva MJ, Costa GGL, Maringoni AC (2012) Characterization of Ralstonia solanacearum from Brazil using molecular methods and pathogenicity tests. Journal of Plant Pathology 94, 505–16. 
------- Begonia hybrids
Rotylenchus buxophilus (as Begonia) (HELYBU) Host
Scirtothrips dorsalis (SCITDO) Host
* Klassen W, Seal DR, Ciomperlik MA, Fieslemann DA (2008) The chilli thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis: current status in the Greater Caribbean Region. Proceeedings of the Caribbean food crops society,  44(1), 103-117.
------- reproductive host in Florida.
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.
Orthotospovirus impatiensnecromaculae (INSV00) Major host
* Stanković I, Vučurović A, Zečević K, Petrović B, Ristić D, Vučurović I, Krstić B (2020) Occurrence and molecular characterization of Impatiens necrotic spot tospovirus in ornamentals in Serbia. Journal of Plant Pathology 102,787–797.