EPPO Global Database

Selenicereus undatus(HCRUN)

Pests

Organism Type
Bactrocera correcta (BCTRCO) Host
* Le Due K, Le Quang K, Nguyen TT, Vu VT, Vu TT, Shanmugam V, Pereira R (2016) Area-wide suppression of Bactrocera fruit flies in dragon fruit orchards in Binh Thuan, Viet Nam. InProceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Fruit Flies of Economic Importance, 12-16 May 2014, Bangkok, Thailand 2016 (pp. 93-100). International Fruit Fly Steering Committee.
Bactrocera dorsalis (DACUDO) Host
* Drew RAI, Romig MC (2013) Tropical Fruit Flies (Tephritidae: Dacinae) of South-East Asia: Indomalaya to North-West Australasia. CABI, Wallingford (GB), 653 pp.
Colletotrichum fructicola (COLLFC) Host
* Evallo E, Taguiam Jd, Bengoa J, Maghirang R, Balendres MA (2021) First report of Colletotrichum fructicola, causing anthracnose of Hylocereus plants, in the Philippines. Czech Mycology 73(1), 79-90.

* Udayanga D, Manamgoda DS, Liu XingZhong, Chukeatirote E, Hyde KD (2013) What are the common anthracnose pathogens of tropical fruits? Fungal Diversity, 61(1):165-179
Frankliniella occidentalis (FRANOC) Host
* Meza K, Cusme M, Velasquez J, Chirinos D (2020) Thrips (Thysanoptera) associated with Pitahaya Selenicereus undatus (Haw.) D.R. Hunt. Species, population levels and some natural enemies. LA GRANJA: Revista de Ciencias de la Vida 32(2) 2020:91-103. https://doi.org/10.17163/lgr.n32.2020.07
------- most abundant specie in Ecuador, as Selenicereus undatus.
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).
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.
Planococcus lilacinus (PLANLI) Host
* Nguyen TK, Vo TK, Nguyen TL, Tran TT, Nguyen HH (2016) Phytosanitary irradiation of the mealybugs, Dysmicoccus neobrevipes, Planococcus lilacinus, and Planococcus minor (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), infesting dragon fruit in Viet Nam. Florida Entomologist 20, 159-165.
Scirtothrips dorsalis (SCITDO) Host
* Kumar V,  Seal DR, Kakkar G, McKenzie CL,  Osborne LS (2012) New tropical fruit hosts of Scirtothrips dorsalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) and its relative abundance on them in South Florida. Florida Entomologist, 95(1):205-207.
------- confirmed host (larvae and adults)
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,
Zeugodacus cucurbitae (DACUCU) Host
* McQuate G (2010) Tephritid fruit fly populations in a dragonfruit orchard in Hawaii: Border plant use and infestation rate. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 42, 4148.