EPPO Global Database

Eremochloa ophiuroides(ERLOP)

Pests

Organism Type
Blissus insularis (BLISIN) Experimental
* Reinert JA, Chandra A, Engelke MC (2011) Susceptibility of genera and cultivars of turfgrass to southern chinch bug Blissus insularis (Hemiptera: Blissidae). Florida Entomologist 94(2), 158-163. https://doi.org/10.1653/024.094.0206
------- Poor host in no-choice experiment.
Eumargarodes laingi (EUMGLA) Host
* Anonymous (1951). Unusual grass scale reported from the south. Cooperative Economic Insect Report 1, special report 1. p. 61.
------- Pensacola area (Florida), damaging especially on centipede and St Augustine grasses.

* Chong JH (2022) 3.3.2 Pink ground pearl Eumargarodes laingi Jakubski 1950 (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Margarodidae). p. 62-64 In: Chapter 3 Margarodidae. Encyclopedia of Scale Insect Pests (eds. Kondo T, Watson GW). CABI Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK. 608 pp.

Haplaxius crudus (MYNDCR) Host
* Tsai JH, Kirsch OH (1978) Bionomics of Haplaxius crudus (Homoptera: Cixiidae). Environmental Entomology 7(2), 305-308.
------- Nymph host.
Spodoptera frugiperda (LAPHFR) Host
* Montezano DG, Specht A, Sosa-Gómez DR, Roque-Specht VF, Sousa-Silva JC, Paula-Moraes SV, Peterson JA, Hunt T (2018) Host plants of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in the Americas. African Entomology 26, 286-300.
Dimargarodes meridionalis (MARGME) Major host
* Dale A (2017) Managing scale insects and mealybugs on turfgrass. NY-340. Department of Entomology and Nematology, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date February 2017. Reviewed June 2020. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu. 8 pp.

* Gill RJ (2022) 3.3.1 centipede grass ground pearl Dimargarodes meridionalis (Morrison, 1927) (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Margarodidae). p. 62-64 In: Chapter 3 Margarodidae. Encyclopedia of Scale Insect Pests (eds. Kondo T, Watson GW). CABI Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK. 608 pp.
Panicovirus panici (PMV000) Major host