EPPO Global Database

Diaphorina citri(DIAACI)

Vector of

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
'Candidatus Liberibacter africanus' (LIBEAF) Known vector
* Ajene IJ, Khami FM, van Asch B, Pietersen G, Seid N, Rwomushana I, Ombura FLO, Momanyi G, Finyange P, Rasowo BA, Tanga CM, Mohammed S, Ekesi S (2020) Distribution of Candidatus Liberibacter species in Eastern Africa, and the first report of Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus in Kenya. Scientific Reports 10, 3919 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-60712-0

* Gottwald TR (2010). Current epidemiological understanding of citrus huanglongbing. Annual Review of Phytopathology 48, 119-139.
'Candidatus Liberibacter americanus' (LIBEAM) Known vector
* Ajene IJ, Khami FM, van Asch B, Pietersen G, Seid N, Rwomushana I, Ombura FLO, Momanyi G, Finyange P, Rasowo BA, Tanga CM, Mohammed S, Ekesi S (2020) Distribution of Candidatus Liberibacter species in Eastern Africa, and the first report of Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus in Kenya. Scientific Reports 10, 3919 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-60712-0

* Gottwald TR (2010). Current epidemiological understanding of citrus huanglongbing. Annual Review of Phytopathology 48, 119-139.
'Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus' (LIBEAS) Known vector
* Ajene IJ, Khami FM, van Asch B, Pietersen G, Seid N, Rwomushana I, Ombura FLO, Momanyi G, Finyange P, Rasowo BA, Tanga CM, Mohammed S, Ekesi S (2020) Distribution of Candidatus Liberibacter species in Eastern Africa, and the first report of Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus in Kenya. Scientific Reports 10, 3919 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-60712-0

* Gottwald TR (2010). Current epidemiological understanding of citrus huanglongbing. Annual Review of Phytopathology 48, 119-139.

* Lopes SA, Cifuentes-Arenas JC (2021) Protocol for Successful Transmission of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ from Citrus to Citrus Using Diaphorina citri. Phytopathology 111(12), 2367-2374.
'Candidatus Phytoplasma aurantifolia' (PHYPAF) Potential vector
* Queiroz RB, Donkersley P, Silva FN, Al-Mahmmoli IH, Al-Sadi AM, Carvalho CM, Elliot SL (2016) Invasive mutualisms between a plant pathogen and insect vectors in the Middle East and Brazil. Royal Society Open Science 3(12), 160557.
------- Potential vector (studies conducted in Oman and Brazil).
Citrus tristeza virus (CTV000) 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.