EPPO Global Database

Hibiscus sp.(HIBSS)

Pests

Organism Type
Aleurocanthus woglumi (ALECWO) Host
* Shaw JG (1950) Hosts of the citrus blackfly in Mexico. United States Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. E-793, 3 pp.
Aleurodicus dispersus (as Hibiscus) (ALEDDI) Host
Anoplophora chinensis (as Hibiscus) (ANOLCN) Host
* Lim J, Jung S-Y, Lim J-S, Jang J, Kim K-M, Lee Y-M, Lee B-W (2014) A review of host plants of Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) with new host records for fourteen Cerambycids, including the Asian longhorn beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis Motschulsky), in Korea. Korean Journal of Applied Entomology 53(2), 111-133.

* 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.
Ascochyta gossypiicola (as Hibiscus) (ASCOGO) Host
Begomovirus gossypii (as Hibiscus) (CLCRV0) Host
Bemisia tabaci (as Hibiscus) (BEMITA) Host
Brevipalpus yothersi (as Hibiscus) (BRVPYO) Host
* Beard JJ, Ochoa R, Braswell WE, Bauchan GR (2015) Brevipalpus phoenicis (Geijskes) species complex (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) – a closer look. Zootaxa 3944(1), 67 pp. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3944.1.1
Chloridea virescens (HELIVI) Host
* Edde PA (2018) Principal Insects Affecting Tobacco Plants in the Field. Contributions to Tobacco Research 28, 117-165.

* EPPO (2024) EPPO Technical Document No. 1091. Pest risk analysis for Chloridea virescens. EPPO, Paris. Available at https://gd.eppo.int/taxon/HELIVI/documents
------- Likely host (reported as host in the literature but lacking evidence to consider it as main host – see PRA for further details on the host).
Comstockaspis perniciosa (QUADPE) Host
* Ben-Dov Y, German V (2003) A systemic catalogue of the Diaspididae (armoured scale insects) of the world, subfamilies Aspidiotinae, Comstockiellinae and Odonaspidinae. Intercept Ltd, Andover UK, 1111 pp.
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 Hibiscus) (DYSDCI) Host
Dysdercus fasciatus (as Hibiscus) (DYSDFA) Host
Earias insulana (as Hibiscus) (EARIIN) Host
Earias vittella (as Hibiscus) (EARIVI) 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 FE, Davis AP, Jaramillo J (2012) From forest to plantation? Obscure articles reveal alternative host plants for the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 107(1), 86-94.
Lissachatina fulica (as Hibiscus) (ACHAFU) Host
* Thiengo SC, Faraco FA, Salgado NC, Cowie RH, Fernandez MA (2007) Rapid spread of an invasive snail in South America: the giant African snail, Achatina fulica, in Brasil. Biological Invasions 9, 693-702.
Lycorma delicatula (LYCMDE) Host
* Barringer L, Ciafré CM (2020) Worldwide feeding host plants of spotted lanternfly, with significant additions from North America. Environmental Entomology 49(5), 999–1011.
Oncometopia orbona (ONCMUN) Host
* Turner WF (1959) Life histories and behavior of five insect vectors of phony peach disease. Technical Bulletin no. 1188. US Department of Agriculture. 28 pp.
------- as Oncometopia undata. Based on oviposition records in the field.
Parabemisia myricae (as Hibiscus) (PRABMY) Host
Parasaissetia nigra (as Hibiscus) (SAISNI) Host
Pectinophora gossypiella (as Hibiscus) (PECTGO) Host
Phenacoccus peruvianus (PHENPR) Host
* von Ellenrieder N, Kinnee SA, Watson GW (2020) The bougainvillea mealybug, Phenacoccus peruvianus Granara de Willink, in Granara de Willink & Szumik, 2007 (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), an invasive species new to North America, with a description of the adult male and new host records. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 96(2), 59-72.
Phenacoccus solenopsis (PHENSO) Host
* Muniappan R, Watson GW, Vaughan L, Gilbertson R, Noussourou M (2012) New records of mealybugs, scale insects, and whiteflies (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha) from Mali and Senegal. Journal of Agricultural and Urban Entomology 28, 1-7.
Popillia japonica (as Hibiscus) (POPIJA) Host
* INTERNET
Regione Piemonte. Servizio fitosanitario. Lotte obbligatorie - Coleottero scarabeide del Giappone (Popillia japonica Newman). Popillia danni e difesa. https://www.regione.piemonte.it/web/sites/default/files/media/documenti/2019-06/popillia_danni_difesa.pdf
Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (as Hibiscus) (PSEAPE) Host
Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum (RALSPS) Host
* Xu J, Pan ZC, Prior P, Xu JS, Zhang Z, Zhang H, Zhang LQ, He LY, Feng J (2009) Genetic diversity of Ralstonia solanacearum strains from China. European Journal of Pathology 125(4), 641-653.
Ralstonia solanacearum species complex (RALSSO) Host
* Xu J, Pan ZC, Prior P, Xu JS, Zhang Z, Zhang H, Zhang LQ, He LY, Feng J (2009) Genetic diversity of Ralstonia solanacearum strains from China. European Journal of Pathology 125(4), 641-653.
Thrips palmi (THRIPL) Host
* Kreiter S, Moraes GJ de (1997) Phytoseiid mites (Araci: Phytoseiidae) from Guadeloupe and Martinique. Florida Entomologist 80(3), 376-382. 
Unaspis citri (UNASCI) Host
* Miller DR, Davidson JA (2005) Armored Scale Insect Pests of Trees and Shrubs. Cornell Univ. Press Ithaca, NY, 442 pp.
Xylella fastidiosa (XYLEFA) Host
* EFSA (2020) Scientific report on the update of the Xylella spp. host plant database – systematic literature search up to 30 June 2019. EFSA Journal 18(4), 6114, 61 pp. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2020.6132

* EFSA (2024) Update of the Xylella spp. host plant database – Systematic literature search up to 31 December 2023. EFSA Journal 22, e8898. https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.2903/j.efsa.2024.8898
------- Xylella fastidiosa subsp. pauca.
Xylella fastidiosa subsp. pauca (XYLEFP) Host
* EFSA (2020) Scientific report on the update of the Xylella spp. host plant database – systematic literature search up to 30 June 2019. EFSA Journal 18(4), 6114, 61 pp. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2020.6132

* EFSA (2024) Update of the Xylella spp. host plant database – Systematic literature search up to 31 December 2023. EFSA Journal 22, e8898. https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.2903/j.efsa.2024.8898
------- Xylella fastidiosa subsp. pauca.
Oxycarenus lavaterae (as Hibiscus) (OXYALV) Major host