EPPO Global Database

Citrus tristeza virus(CTV000)

Vectors

Important note on vectors:
Information on vectors and their associated pathogens is a new feature of the database (April 2023). Data will gradually be entered by the EPPO Secretariat and will focus on regulated (quarantine) pests.
Organism Type
Aphis citricidus (TOXOCI) Known vector
* Hermoso de Mendoza A, Álvarez A, Michelena JM, González P, Cambra M (2008) Dispersión, biología y enemigos naturales de Toxoptera citricida (Kirkaldy) (Hemiptera, Aphididae) en España. Boletín de Sanidad Vegetal Plagas 34, 77-87.

* Yokomi RK, Lastra R, Stoetzel MB, Damgstreet VD, Lee RF, Garnsey SM, Rocha-Peña MA, Niblett CL (1994) Establishment of the brown citrus aphid Toxoptera citricida (Kirkaldy) (Homoptera: Aphididae) in Central America and the Caribbean Basin, and its transmission of Citrus tristeza virus. Journal of Economic Entomology 87, 1078-1085.
Diaphorina citri (DIAACI) Potential vector
* Zhang J, Xiao Y, Hu P, Chen L, Deng X, Xu M (2024) Report of Citrus tristeza virus in Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Liviidae) insects of different sexes, color morphs, and developmental stages. Journal of Insect Science 24(1), 13. https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieae014
------ Laboratory and field experiments conducted in China showing that the insect can acquire the virus.