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.
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
* Salinas‐Castro A, Navarro‐de la Fuente L, Lima‐Rivera D, Núñez‐Camargo MD, López‐Lima D (2025) First report of Meloidogyne enterolobii infecting dragon fruit (Selenicereus undatus) in México. Journal of Phytopathology 173(4), e70143.
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.
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.
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.
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.