EPPO Global Database

Selenicereus costaricensis(HCRCO)

Pests

Organism Type
Cactoblastis cactorum (CACTCA) Host
* Hoshino AT, Androcioli HG, Caviglione JH, Auler PA, Menezes-Junior AO (2021) First Record of Cactoblastis cactorum berg, 1885 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in Hylocereus lemairei (hook.) britton & rose and H. costaricensis (FAC weber) britton & rose (cactaceae) in Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Biology 82, e238020.
Helicoverpa armigera (HELIAR) Host
* Venugopal U, Thirupathaiah G, Sindhura KA, Reddy SK (2025) First documentation of Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) infestation on vegetative tissues of dragon fruit in Telangana, India. Pest Management in Horticultural Ecosystems 31(1), 97-99.
Margarodes vitis (as Cactaceae) (MARGVI) Host
* Giliomee J, de Klerk C & Watson GW (2022) 3.3.4 Margarodes spp. In: Encyclopedia of Scale Insect Pests (Eds Kondo T & Watson GW), pp. 69-73. CAB International, Wallingford (UK).
Meloidogyne enterolobii (MELGMY) Host
* Wu C, Chen D, Lin S, Wang R, Zhang X, Wu H, Yang S (2023) First report of Guava Root-Knot Nematode (Meloidogyne enterolobii) on Selenicereus costaricensis in Guangxi, China. Plant Disease 107(12), 4034. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-04-23-0736-PDN
Meloidogyne enterolobii (as Selenicereus) (MELGMY) Host
* Gitonga D, Kassam R, Lasa MA, Hajihassani A (2024) First report of Meloidogyne enterolobii infecting dragon fruit, Hylocereus spp., in the United States. New Disease Reports 50(1), e12297. https://doi.org/10.1002/ndr2.12297
Opogona sacchari (as Cactaceae) (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.
Ripersiella hibisci (as Cactaceae) (RHIOHI) Host
* Suffert M, Chérasse S, Ouvrard D (2024) New host plant records for Ripersiella hibisci (Hemiptera: Rhizoecidae) following recent outbreaks in Europe. EPPO Bulletin 54(2), 147-150.
Spodoptera ornithogalli (as Cactaceae) (PRODOR) Host
* Brito R, Specht A, Gonçalves GL, Moreira GRP, Carneiro E, Santos FL, Roque-Specht VF, Mielke OHH, Casagrande MM (2019) Spodoptera marima: a new synonym of Spodoptera ornithogalli (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), with notes on adult morphology, host plant use and genetic variation along its geographic range. Neotropical Entomology 48(3), 433-448.

* Hunt J (1957) List of intercepted plant pests, 1956. USDA, ARS, Plant Quarantine Division. Washington, USDA, p 63,