EPPO Global Database

Jatropha gossypiifolia(IATGO)

Pests

Organism Type
Spodoptera ornithogalli (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.

* Wilson CE (1923) Insect pests of cotton in St. Croix and means of combating them. Virgin Island Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 3, 20 pp.
Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus (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.
Prodiplosis longifila (PRDILO) Non-host
* Kolesik P, Kumaran N, Oleiro M, Goñalons CM, Brookes D, Cabrera Walsh G, Dhileepan K (2022) Prodiplosis hirsuta Kolesik sp. nov., a new species of gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) feeding on shoot tips of Jatropha (Euphorbiaceae) in South America. Austral Entomology 61(1), 37-48.
------- the species collected on Jatropha species in Bolivia and Paraguay by Dhileepan et al.(2017) has been identified as a new Prodiplosis species, Prodiplosis hirsuta.

* Dhileepan K, Neser S, Rumiz D, Raman A, Sharma A (2017) Host associations of gall-inducing Prodiplosis longifila (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) from Bolivia: Implications for its use as a biological control agent for Jatropha gossypiifolia (Euphorbiaceae). Florida Entomologist, 100(4), 777-786. https://doi.org/10.1653/024.100.0402