EPPO Global Database

Celosia argentea(CEOAR)

Pests

Organism Type
Orthotospovirus impatiensnecromaculae (INSV00) Doubtful host
* El-Deen Abd El-Wahab AS, Abdel-Kader El-Sheikh M, Elnagar S (2011) First record of Frankliniella occidentalis and Impatiens necrotic spot virus in Egypt. Journal of Life Sciences 5, 690-696.
------- Experiment host and considered to be doubtful as ELISA test only gave a weak reaction.
Curtovirus betae (BCTV00) Host
* Severin HHP, Freitag JH (1934) Ornamental flowering plant naturally infected with curly-top and aster-yellows viruses. Hilgardia 8(8), 233-260.
Liriomyza huidobrensis (LIRIHU) Host
* He CX, Wu WW, Wang SF, Wang LZ (2001) Host plants and feeding preferences of Liriomyza huidobrensis. Acta Entomologica Sinica 44, 384-388.
Meloidogyne enterolobii (MELGMY) Host
* Ho JT, Liang CC, Chen PJ (2022) First report of root-knot nematode Meloidogyne enterolobii on cockscomb (Celosia argentea var. cristata) in Taiwan. Plant Disease 106(7), 2000. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-10-21-2126-PDN
Nepovirus nicotianae (as Celosia) (TRSV00) Host
* EPPO (2018) Tobacco ringspot virus and Tomato ringspot virus found in the Netherlands. Reporting service 11-2018, 2018-228. Available at https://gd.eppo.int/reporting/article-6422

* Schoen R, de Krom CE, Westenberg M, Botermans M, van Bruggen AS, Meekes ET, Didden L, Hooftman M, Roenhorst JW (2024) Findings of tobacco ringspot virus in ornamentals in the Netherlands from 1997 to 2020 indicate a need for evaluation of its European Union quarantine status. European Journal of Plant Pathology. (early view) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10658-024-02957-3.
Orthotospovirus tomatomaculae (TSWV00) Host
* Parrella G, Gognalons P, Gebre-Selassie K, Vovlas C, Marchoux G (2003) An update of the host range of tomato spotted wilt virus. Journal of Plant Pathology 85(4), 227-264.
------- Confirmed host. As Celosia cristata.
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 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/ieu137
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 Celosia) (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.
Thrips palmi (THRIPL) Host
* Kalpana Tillekaratne, Edirisinghe JP, Gunatilleke CVS, Karunaratne AIP (2011) A checklist of thrips species of Sri Lanka. Ceylon Journal of Science (Bio. Sci.) 40(2), 89-108.