* Hallman GJ (1980) Huéspedes y enemigos naturales de Heliothis spp., en la región algodonera del Departamento del Tolima, Colombia. Turrialba 30(3), 272-279.
* Hallman GJ (1985) Comparison and contrast of cotton and Desmodium tortuosum as hosts of Heliothis virescens. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science 6(5), 573-578.
------- preferred host in Colombia after cotton
* Kogan M, Helm CG, Kogan J, Brewer E (1989) Distribution and economic importance of Heliothis virescens and Heliothis zea in North, Central, and South America and of their Natural Enemies and Host Plants. pp 241-297 In Proceedings of the Workshop on Biological Control of Heliothis: Increasing the effectiveness of natural enemies. USDA.
------- as Desmodium purpureum
* EPPO (2024) EPPO Technical Document No. 1091. Pest risk analysis for Chloridea virescens. EPPO, Paris. Available at https://gd.eppo.int/taxon/HELIVI/documents
------- Main host (evidence that the plant supports populations of the pest in several generations or years, i.e. true hosts, or plant mentioned as common or preferred host – see PRA for further details on the 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.
* Martinez-Ochoa N, Csinos AS, Webster TM, Bertrand P (2003) Occurrence of mixed infections of tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) and impatiens necrotic spot virus (INSV) in weeds around tobacco fields in Georgia. Phytopathology 93, S58.
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* Sconyers LE, Kemerait RC Jr, Brock JH, Gitaitis RD, Sanders FH, Phillips DV, Jost PH (2006) First report of Phakopsora pachyrhizi, the causal agent of soybean rust, on beggarweed in the United States. Plant Disease 90(7), p 972.
* Vélez-Salazar BP (1998) Biologia, comportamiento y hospederos de Prodiplosis longifila (Diptera: cecidomyiidae) en el cultivo de tomate. (tesis de pregrado). 74 pp
