* Asano S, Matsushita Y, Hirayama Y, Naka T (2015) Simultaneous detection of Tomato spotted wilt virus, Dahlia mosaic virus and Chrysanthemum stunt viroid by multiplex RT‐PCR in dahlias and their distribution in Japanese dahlias. Letters in Applied Microbiology 61 (2), 113-120.
* Clark SM, LeDoux DG, Seeno TN, Riley EG, Gilbert AJ, Sullivan JM (2004) Host plants of leaf beetle species occurring in the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae, Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Coleopterists Society, Special Publication 2, 1-476.
------- Larval host. As Dahlia variabilis.
* Den Nijs LJMF, Janssen WAP (2002) The host status of Dahlia for Meloidogyne chitwoodi. Verslagen en Mededelingen van de Plantenziektenkundige Dienst Wageningen (Annual Report 2001) 219, 102-105.
* Chadwick CF (1965) Checklist of the Brachyderinae (Col. Curculionidae) occurring in Australia. Journal of the Entomological Society of Australia (NSW) 2, 21-34.
* Valladares G, Salvo A, Saini E (2011) Moscas minadoras del girasol y sus enemigos naturales. Revista de Investigaciones Agropecuarias 37(2):180–188.
------- as Dahlia variabilis
* 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.
* Robinson GS, Ackery PR, Kitching IJ, Beccaloni GW, Hernández LM (2010) HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosts
* British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture. Western yellowstriped armyworm (Spodoptera praefica). https://rdno.civicweb.net/document/127358/western-yellowstriped-armyworm.pdf?handle=3CD053B4F8D54F9CBB93F8D6D5572C27
* Rachana RR, Roselin P & Varatharajan R (2018) Report of invasive thrips species, Thrips parvispinus (Karny) (Thripidae: Thysanoptera) on Dahlia rosea (Asteraceae) in Karnataka. Pest Management in Horticultural Ecosystems, 24(2): 175-176.
------- confirmed host (as D. rosea)
* Pant RP, Anuj B and Murari L (2018) Role of alternate host plants in the transmission of apical leaf curl disease of potato caused by tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus - potato (ToLCNDV-pot.) in Northern India. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 88, 1258–1262
------- confirmed 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 Dahlia hortensis and D. variabilis.
