EPPO Global Database

Gossypium sp.(GOSSS)

Pests

Organism Type
Meloidogyne floridensis (MELGFL) Experimental
* Ploeg AT,  Edwards S (2024) Host status of melon, carrot, and Meloidogyne incognita-susceptible and-resistant cotton, cowpea, pepper, and tomato for M. floridensis from California. Journal of Nematology, 56(1), e2023. https://doi.org/10.2478/jofnem-2024-0004
------- poor host in pot experiments.
Aleurocanthus spiniferus (ALECSN) Host
* Cioffi M, Cornara D, Corrado I, Jansen MGM & Porcelli F (2013) The status of Aleurocanthus spiniferus from its unwanted introduction in Italy to date. Bulletin of Insectology 66, 273-281.
Anomis flava (as Gossypium) (COSPFL) Host
Anthonomus vestitus (as Gossypium) (ANTHVE) Host
Apion soleatum (as Gossypium) (APIOSL) Host
Begomovirus cucurbitapeponis (as Gossypium) (SLCV00) Host
* Fontenele RS, Bhaskara A, Cobb IN, Majure LC, Salywon AM, Avalos-Calleros JA, Argüello-Astorga GR, Schmidlin K, Roumagnac P, Ribeiro SG, Kraberger S (2021) Identification of the begomoviruses squash leaf curl virus and watermelon chlorotic stunt virus in various plant samples in North America. Viruses 13(5), 810. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13050810
------- listed as 'cotton' without a reference.
Ceratitis capitata (as Gossypium) (CERTCA) Host
* Back EA, Pemberton CE (1918) The Mediterranean fruit fly in Hawaii. United States Department of Agriculture Bulletin 536,  119 pp.
Colletotrichum gossypii (as Gossypium) (GLOMGO) Host
* Mendes MAS,  Dianese JC,  Urben A (2019) Fungos em Plants no Brasil. 2ª Edição ampliada e revisada.  – Brasília, DF: Escola Nacional de Gestão Agropecuária, 970 pages. 
Conotrachelus denieri (as Gossypium) (CONHDE) Host
Crocidosema plebejana (as Gossypium) (CRODPL) Host
Dacus ciliatus (DACUCI) Host
* McQuate GT, Liquido NJ, Nakamichi KAA (2018) Host plant records of the lesser pumpkin fly, Dacus ciliatus Loew (Diptera: Tephritidae), Version 1.0. Available online at: USDA Compendium of Fruit Fly Host Information (CoFFHI), Edition 3.1.

* White IM (2006) Taxonomy of the Dacina (Diptera: Tephritidae) of Africa and the Middle East. African Entomology Memoir 2, 156 pp.
Delia platura (as Gossypium) (HYLEPL) Host
Diabrotica undecimpunctata undecimpunctata (as Gossypium) (DIABUN) Host
* Clark SM, LeDoux DG, Seeno TN, Riley EG, Gilbert AJ, Sullivan JM (2004) Host plants of leaf beetle species occurring in the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae, Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Coleopterists Society, Special Publication 2, 1-476.
-------- Adult host.
Dichocrocis punctiferalis (as Gossypium) (DICHPU) Host
Diparopsis castanea (as Gossypium) (DIPACA) Host
Discosphaerina fulvida (as Gossypium) (AUREPL) Host
Ditylenchus dipsaci (DITYDI) Host
* Goodey JB, Franklin MT, Hooper DJ (1965) T. Goodey's: The Nematode Parasites of Plants Catalogued Under Their Hosts. Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, Farnham Royal, Bucks, England. Third edition, 214 pp.
Dysdercus cingulatus (as Gossypium) (DYSDCI) Host
Dysdercus fasciatus (as Gossypium) (DYSDFA) Host
Dysdercus peruvianus (as Gossypium) (DYSDPE) Host
Earias insulana (as Gossypium) (EARIIN) Host
Earias vittella (as Gossypium) (EARIVI) Host
Eutetranychus orientalis (as Gossypium) (EUTEOR) Host
Eutinobothrus gossypii (as Gossypium) (EUTIGO) Host
Gargaphia torresi (as Gossypium) (GARGTO) Host
Horcias nobilellus (as Gossypium) (HORCNO) Host
Hypothenemus hampei (STEHHA) Host
* Marchioro M, Vallotto D, Ruzzier E, Besana L, Rossini M, Ortis G, Faccoli M, Martinez-Sañudo I (2023) Scolytinae former Cryphalini host plant dataset. Avalaible in Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7925274 

* Vega VJ, Marino YA, Deynes D, Greco EB., Bright DE, Bayman P (2020) A beetle in a haystack: are there alternate hosts of the coffee berry borer (Hypothenemus hampei) in Puerto Rico? Agronomy 10(2), 228.
Ilarvirus TSV (as Gossypium) (TSV000) Host
* Muppudathi SP, Natarajan G, Ganesan MV, Sevugapperumal N, Subbarayalu M, Samuel KJ, Perumal R (2020) Role of Thrips palmi and Parthenium hysterophorus pollen in active spread of tobacco streak virus in the cotton ecosystem, Virus Research, 284, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virusres.2020.197979.
Jacobiasca lybica (as Gossypium) (EMPOLY) Host
* Kouadio H, Kouakou M, Bini KK, Koffi KJ, Ossey CL, Kone PW, Adepo-Gourene AB, Ochou OG (2024) Annual and geographical variations in the specific composition of jassids and their damage on cotton in Ivory Coast. Scientific Reports 14(1), 2094. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-52127-y
Mussidia nigrivenella (MUSSNV) Host
* Silvie P (1990) Mussidia nigrivenella Ragonot (Pyralidae, Phycitinae): a little known cotton pest. Coton et Fibres Tropicales 45(4), 323-333.
Oligonychus punicae (OLIGPU) Host
* Bolland HR, Gutierrez J, Flechtmann CH (1988) World catalogue of the spider mite family (Acari: Tetranychidae). Brill, 392 pp.
Oxycarenus hyalinipennis (as Gossypium) (OXYAHY) Host
Pectinophora gossypiella (as Gossypium) (PECTGO) Host
Pectinophora scutigera (as Gossypium) (PLAYSC) Host
Platyedra subcinerea (as Gossypium) (PLAYSU) Host
Ricania speculum (as Gossypium) (RICASC) Host
Rotylenchulus reniformis (as Gossypium) (ROTYRE) Host
* Faske TR, Kandel Y, Allen TW, Grabau ZJ, Hu J, Kemerait RC, Lawrence GW, Lawrence KS, Mehl HL, Overstreet C, Thiessen LD (2022) Meta-Analysis of the Field Efficacy of Seed-and Soil-Applied Nematicides on Meloidogyne incognita and Rotylenchulus reniformis Across the US Cotton Belt. Plant Disease 106(8), 2228-2238.
Scirtothrips aurantii (as Gossypium) (SCITAU) Host
* Mound LA, Palmer JM (1981) Identification, distribution and host-plants of the pest species of Scirtothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research 71, 467-479.
Scirtothrips dorsalis (SCITDO) Host
* Sreerama Kumar P,  Rachana RR (2021) Scirtothrips dorsalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) is a pest of celery, Apium graveolens (Apiales: Apiaceae): first report and diagnostic characters. Journal of Integrated Pest Management 12(1), 46. https://doi.org/10.1093/jipm/pmab039
Spodoptera littoralis (as Gossypium) (SPODLI) Host
* Abdel-Salam FA, Elbadry EA, Abo Elghar MR, Hassan SM, Asal MA (1971) The effect of four host plants on the pupal development and adult fecundity of the cotton leafworm Spodoptera littoralis (Boisd.). Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Entomologie 68(3), 326-330.
Spodoptera mauritia (as Gossypium) (SPODMA) Host
Tetranychus mexicanus (as Gossypium) (TETRME) Host
* Ochoa R, Aguilar H & Vargas C (1994) Phytophagous mites of America Central: an illustrated guide. CATIE.

* Aranda B & Flechtman C (1971) A report on the Tetranychidae of Paraguay. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 73, 29–33.
Tetranychus pacificus (as Gossypium) (TETRPA) Host
Thaumatotibia leucotreta (as Gossypium) (ARGPLE) Host
* Reed W (1974) The false codling moth, Cryptophlebia leucotreta Mayr. (Lepidoptera: Olethreutidae) as a pest of cotton in Uganda. Cotton Growing Review 51: 213-225.

* Hamburger M, Zarabi L, Weiss M, Argaman Q, Kuslitzky W & Klein K (2001) False codling moth (Cryptophlebia leucotreta) in Israel. Phytoparasitica, 29(1): 84-84.
Thrips parvispinus (THRIPV) Host
* Rachana RR, Roselin P, Amutha M, Sireesha K, Narasa Reddy G (2022) Invasive pest, Thrips parvispinus (Karny)(Thysanoptera: Thripidae) a looming threat to Indian agriculture. Current Science 122(2), 211-213.
Tylenchorhynchus claytoni (as Gossypium) (TYLRCL) Host
Xylosandrus compactus (XYLSCO) Host
* Dole SA, Cognato AI (2010) Phylogenetic revision of Xylosandrus Reitter (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Xyleborina). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 61(7), 451-545.
Zeuzera coffeae (as Gossypium) (ZEUZCO) Host
Xanthomonas citri pv. malvacearum (as Gossypium) (XANTMA) Major host
* Delannoy E, Lyon BR, Marmey P, Jalloul A, Daniel JF, Montillet JL, Essenberg M, Nicole M (2005) Resistance of cotton towards Xanthomonas campestris pv. malvacearum. Annu. Rev. Phytopathol 43, 63-82.
Anthonomus grandis (ANTHGR) Wild/Weed
* Sánchez-Reyes UJ, Jones RW, Raszick TJ, Ruiz-Arce R, Sword GA (2022) Potential distribution of wild host plants of the boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis) in the United States and Mexico. Insects 13(4), 337. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13040337.
Sacadodes pyralis (as Gossypium) (SACAPY) Wild/Weed