EPPO Global Database

Ficus benghalensis(FIUBG)

Pests

Organism Type
Anoplophora chinensis (as Ficus) (ANOLCN) Host
* Sjöman H, Östberg J & Nilsson J (2014) Review of host trees for the wood-boring pests Anoplophora glabripennis and Anoplophora chinensis: an urban forest perspective. Arboriculture & Urban Forestry 40(3), 143–164.
Aonidiella citrina (as Ficus) (AONDCI) Host
Aonidiella orientalis (AONDOR) Host
* Ben-Dov Y (2012) The scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of Israel-checklist, host plants, zoogeographical considerations and annotations on species. Israel Journal of Entomology. 41(42), 21-48.
Apriona cinerea (as Ficus) (APRICI) Host
* Singh AP, Bhandari RS, Verma TD (2004) Important insect pests of poplars in agroforestry and strategies for their management in northwestern India. Agroforestry Systems 63, 15–26.

* Singh P, Prasad G (1985) Poplar stem borer, Apriona cinerea Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) its biology, ecology and control. Indian
Forester 111(7), 517-524.
Ceroplastes ceriferus (as Ficus) (CERPCE) Host
Ceroplastes floridensis (as Ficus) (CERPFL) Host
Ceroplastes stellifer (VINSST) Host
Cryphalus dilutus (CRYHDI) Host
* Johnson AJ, Li Y, Mandelshtam MY, Park S, Lin C-S, Gao L, Hulcr J (2020) East Asian Cryphalus Erichson (Curculionidae, Scolytinae): new species, new synonymy and redescriptions of species. ZooKeys 995, 15-66. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.995.55981
Eutetranychus orientalis (as Ficus) (EUTEOR) Host
Euwallacea kuroshio (as Ficus) (EUWAKU) Host
* Smith SM, Gomez DF, Beaver RA, Hulcr J, Cognato AI (2019) Reassessment of the species in the Euwallacea fornicatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) complex after the rediscovery of the ‘lost’ type specimen. Insects 10, 261. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects10090261
Fiorinia phantasma (as Ficus) (FIORCO) Host
Lopholeucaspis japonica (LOPLJA) Host
* Moghaddam M (2013) An annotated checklist of the scale insects of Iran (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Coccoidea) with new records and distribution data. Zookeys 334, 1-92.
Lymantria mathura (LYMAMA) Host
* Roonwal ML (1979) Field-ecological studies on mass eruption, seasonal life-history, nocturnal feeding and activity rhythm, and protective behavior and coloration in the sal defoliator, Lymantria mathura (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae), in sub-Himalayan forests. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 75, 209-236.
------- A host plant in India.
Opogona sacchari (as Ficus) (OPOGSC) Host
* van der Gaag DJ, van der Straten M, Ramel JM, Baufeld P , Schrader G (2013) Pest Risk Analysis for Opogona sacchari. Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority. 48 pp. Available at https://pra.eppo.int/pra/2823b66f-ce73-48eb-8272-082124412092.
------- intercepted in consignments of plants for planting.
Parasaissetia nigra (as Ficus) (SAISNI) Host
Pseudomonas cichorii (PSDMCI) Host
* Ahmad T, Li G, Wang J, Li M, Xiao Y, Yu X, Zheng Y, Moosa A, Chengrong N, Liu Y (2022) First Report of Bacterial Leaf Spot of Ficus benghalensis Caused by Pseudomonas cichorii in Pakistan. Plant Disease. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-12-21-2668-PDN
Ripersiella hibisci (as Ficus) (RHIOHI) Host
Singhiella simplex (SINLSI) Host
* Mannion C, Osborne L, Hunsberger A, Mayer H,  Hodges G (2008) Ficus whitefly: a new pest in south Florida. The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 3 pp.
Greenidea ficicola (GREEFI) Major host
Josephiella malabarensis (JOSEMA) Major host