EPPO Global Database

Buxus microphylla(BUXMI)

Pests

Organism Type
Ceroplastes ceriferus (as Buxus) (CERPCE) Host
Lycorma delicatula (LYCMDE) Host
* Barringer L, Ciafré CM (2020) Worldwide feeding host plants of spotted lanternfly, with significant additions from North America. Environmental Entomology 49(5), 999–1011.
Thrips parvispinus (THRIPV) Host
* Palanisamy A, Marimuthu M, Narayanasamy C, Venkatasamy B, Gandhi K, Lakshmanan P (2023) Invasive flower thrips, Thrips parvispinus (Karny) occurrence, host expansion and genetic diversification in a tropical poly-crop ecosystem. Molecular Biology Reports 50(12), 9909-23.
Calonectria pseudonaviculata (CYLDBU) Major host
* Shishkoff N, Daughtrey M, Aker S, Olsen RT (2015) Evaluating boxwood susceptibility to Calonectria pseudonaviculata using cuttings from the National Boxwood Collection. Plant Health Progress 16:11-15.
------- confirmed host. 
Cydalima perspectalis (DPHNPE) Major host
* Strachinis I, Kazilas C, Karamaouna F, Papanikolaou NE, Partsinevelos GK, Milonas PG (2015) First record of Cydalima perspectalis (Walker, 1859) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in Greece. Hellenic Plant Protection Journal 8, 66-72.