EPPO Global Database

Diaphania nitidalis(DPHNNI)

Hosts

Important note about the classification of host plants in GD:
Categories have been assigned by the EPPO Secretariat on the basis of available data at the time of entry. They correspond to a qualitative evaluation of the importance of the host plant for the pest concerned and remain indicative only.
Further explanation of categories is available in the guide.
Organism Type
Melothria pendula (MEEPE) Wild/Weed
* Arcaya E, Díaz F, Paz R (2004) Primer registro de Diaphania indica(Saunders, 1851) (Lepidoptera: Cambridae)  en  el  cultivo  de  pepino  en  Venezuela. Bioagro, 16(1), 73-74.
Citrullus lanatus (CITLA) Host
* Boff MI, Gandin CL (1992). Principal pests in the cultivation of watermelons and their control. Agropecuária Catarinense 5(2), 39-41.
Coccinia grandis (COCGR) Host
* Fera (2011) Rapid assessment of the need for a detailed Pest Risk Analysis for Diaphania nitidalis. Available at https://pra.eppo.int/pra/f3c103c7-d5d7-4e5e-9b52-bb405f088b3c
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Cucumis melo (CUMME) Host
* Dupree M, Bissell TL, Beckham CM (1955) The pickleworm and its control. Ga. Agric. Exp. Stn. Bull 5, 4–31. 
Cucumis sativus (CUMSA) Host
* Vargas-Madriz H, Lázaro-Dzul MO, Azuara-Domínguez A, Acuña-Soto JA, Vargas-Madriz ÁF (2024) New record of species of the genus Diaphania (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in cucumber crop in Jalisco, Mexico. Revista fitotecnia mexicana 47(1), 89-92.
Cucurbitaceae (1CUCF) Host
* Dupree M, Bissell TL, Beckham CM (1955) The pickleworm and its control. Ga. Agric. Exp. Stn. Bull 5, 4–31. 
Cucurbita moschata (CUUMO) Host
* Esquen-Bayona D, Iglesias-Osores S, Calderon-Arias CP (2021) Identificación de insectos plaga, predadores y hongos fitopatógenos de Cucurbita moschata (Cucurbitaceae)“loche”. Arnaldoa 28(2), 431-440.
Cucurbita pepo (CUUPE) Host
* Reid WJ Jr, Cuthbert FP Jr (1956) Biology studies of the pickleworm. Journal of Economic Entomology 49, 870-873.
Lagenaria siceraria (LGNSI) Host
* Elsey KD ((1981) Pickleworm: Survival, development, and oviposition on selected hosts. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 74(1), 96-99.
Momordica charantia (MOMCH) Host
* Peña JE, Waddill VH, Elsey KD (1987) Population dynamics of the pickleworm and the melonworm (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in Florida. Environmental entomology 16(5), 1057-1061.
Sechium edule (SEHED) Host
* Sein F (1931) The Pickle Worm in Chayote in Porto Rico. Journal of Economic Entomology 24(3), 762.
Sicana odorifera (SJAOD) Host
* Robinson GS, Ackery PR, Kitching I; Beccaloni GW,  Hernández LM (2023) HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants [Data set]. Natural History Museum. https://data.nhm.ac.uk/record/877f387a-36a3-486c-a0c1-b8d5fb69f85a/102824/1679592955502