EPPO Global Database

Bougainvillea glabra(BOUGL)

Pests

Organism Type
Aleurothrixus floccosus (as Bougainvillea) (ALTHFL) Host
Euwallacea fornicatus sensu lato (as Bougainvillea) (XYLBFO) Host
* van Rooyen E, Paap T, de Beer W, Townsend G, Fell S, Nel WJ, Morgan S, Hill M, Gonzalez A, Roets F (2021) The polyphagous shot hole borer beetle: Current status of a perfect invader in South Africa. South African Journal of Science 117(11/12). https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2021/9736
------- As Euwallacea fornicatus sensu stricto. Non-reproductive host in South Africa.
Luperomorpha xanthodera (LUPMXA) Host
Phenacoccus peruvianus (PHENPR) Major host
* Abbes K, Harbi A, Wanassi T, Ricupero M, Mazzeo G, Russo A, Biondi A, Zappalà L, Chermiti B (2023) The cotton mealybug Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) is spreading in North Africa: first report in Tunisia. Oriental Insects. https://doi.org/10.1080/00305316.2023.2253237

* Beltra A, Soto A, Germain JF, Matile-Ferrero D, Mazzeo G, Pellizzari G, Russo A, Franco JC, Williams DJ (2010) The bougainvillea mealybug Phenacoccus peruvianus, a rapid invader from South America to Europe. Entomologia Hellenica 19, 137-143.

* Ben Halima-Kamel M, Germain JF, Mdellel F (2015) First records of two mealybugs, Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green) and Phenacoccus peruvianus Granara de Willink, in Tunisia and the North of Africa. EPPO Bulletin 45(1), 139–143.

* Penchevа A, Yovkova M (2016) New data on alien insect pests of ornamental plants in Bulgaria. Forestry ideas, 22, 17-33.
Margarodes vitis (as Nyctaginaceae) (MARGVI) Wild/Weed
* Giliomee J, de Klerk C & Watson GW (2022) 3.3.4 Margarodes spp. In: Encyclopedia of Scale Insect Pests (Eds Kondo T & Watson GW), pp. 69-73. CAB International, Wallingford (UK).