EPPO Global Database

Ipomoea nil(IPONI)

Pests

	Organism	Type
	Crinivirus ipomeae (SPCSV0)	Experimental
* Valverde RA, Lozano G, Navas-Castillo J, Ramos A, Valdés F (2004) First report of Sweet potato chlorotic stunt virus and Sweet potato feathery mottle virus infecting sweet potato in Spain. Plant Disease 88(4), 428. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS.2004.88.4.428B
	Bemisia tabaci (as Convolvulaceae) (BEMITA)	Host
	Chloridea virescens (HELIVI)	Host
* Kogan M, Helm CG, Kogan J, Brewer E (1989) Distribution and economic importance of Heliothis virescens and Heliothis zea in North, Central, and South America and of their Natural Enemies and Host Plants. pp 241-297 In Proceedings of the Workshop on Biological Control of Heliothis: Increasing the effectiveness of natural enemies. USDA. * 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).
	Homalodisca vitripennis (as Ipomoea) (HOMLTR)	Host
* Hoddle MS, Triapitsyn SV, Morgan DJW (2003) Distribution and plant association records for Homalodisca coagulata (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in Florida. Florida Entomologist 86(1), 89-91.
	Phymatotrichopsis omnivora (PHMPOM)	Host
* Anonymous (1960) Index of Plant Diseases in the United States. Agriculture Handbook no 165, USDA-ARS (US) 531 pp.
	Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (as Ipomoea) (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.
	Cylas formicarius (as Ipomoea) (CYLAFO)	Wild/Weed
	Cylas puncticollis (as Ipomoea) (CYLAPU)	Wild/Weed
	Margarodes vitis (as Convolvulaceae) (MARGVI)	Wild/Weed
* 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 ethiopica (MELGET)	Wild/Weed
* Bellé C, Ramos RF, Balardin RR, Nora DD & Kaspary TE (2020) Host weed species range of Meloidogyne ethiopica whitehead (Tylenchida: Meloidogynidae) found in Brazil. European Journal of Plant Pathology 156(3), 979-985. -------In experiments, it was found to be a good host (RF>=1).