EPPO Global Database

Jatropha curcas(IATCU)

Pests

Organism Type
Phthorimaea absoluta (GNORAB) Doubtful host
* Wickramasinghe MP, Yen SH (2026) A Review of the Host Plant Records of Phthorimaea absoluta (= Tuta absoluta)(Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) . Journal of Entomological Science 61(1), 166-192. doi:10.18474/JES25-10
-------no information on life cycle
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.
Begomovirus solanumdelhiense (as Jatropha) (TOLCND) Host
* Moriones E, Praveen S, Chakraborty S (2017) Tomato Leaf Curl New Delhi Virus: an emerging virus complex threatening vegetable and fiber crops. Viruses 9(10), 264; https://doi.org/10.3390/v9100264.
Maconellicoccus hirsutus (PHENHI) Host
* Chong JH, Aristizábal LF, Arthurs SP (2015) Biology and management of Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on ornamental plants. Journal of Integrated Pest Management, 6(1), 1-14.
Meloidogyne ethiopica (MELGET) Host
* Lima E A, Mattos J K, Moita A W, Carneiro R G & Carneiro R M D G (2009) Host status of different crops for Meloidogyne ethiopica control. Tropical Plant Pathology 34, 152-157.
-------In experiments, it was found to be a good host (RF>= 1)
Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (as Jatropha) (PSEAPE) Host
* García Morales M, Denno BD, Miller DR, Miller GL, Ben-Dov Y, Hardy NB (2016) ScaleNet: A literature-based model of scale insect biology and systematics. Database. doi: 10.1093/database/bav118. http://scalenet.info [accessed 2026-02].

* Miller DR & Davidson JA (2005) Armored Scale Insect Pests of Trees and Shrubs. Cornell Univ. Press Ithaca, NY 442 pp.
Spodoptera frugiperda (LAPHFR) Host
* Montezano DG, Specht A, Sosa-Gómez DR, Roque-Specht VF, Sousa-Silva JC, Paula-Moraes SV, Peterson JA, Hunt T (2018) Host plants of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in the Americas. African Entomology 26, 286-300.
Spodoptera litura (PRODLI) Host
* Review of Agricultural Entomology, 83, p 89, (724).