EPPO Global Database

Larix laricina(LAXLA)

Pests

Organism Type
Melampsora medusae (MELMME) Alternate
* Ziller WG (1974) The tree rusts of western Canada. Forest Service, British Columbia, Canada, Publications No. 1329, pp. 144-147. Forest Service, British Columbia, Canada.
------- aecial hosts of Melampsora medusae with reported infection in nature
Melampsora medusae (as Larix) (MELMME) Alternate
Melampsora medusae f. sp. deltoidis (MELMMD) Alternate
* Ziller WG (1974) The tree rusts of western Canada. Forest Service, British Columbia, Canada, Publications No. 1329, pp. 144-147. Forest Service, British Columbia, Canada.
------- aecial hosts of Melampsora medusae with reported infection in nature
Melampsora medusae f. sp. deltoidis (as Larix) (MELMMD) Alternate
Melampsoridium hiratsukanum (as Larix) (MELDHI) Alternate
Lymantria mathura (LYMAMA) Experimental
* Zlotina MA (1999) Biology and behavior of Lymantria mathura Moore (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae). (1999). Doctoral Dissertations 1896 - February 2014. 5673. Accessed 9 June 2023 from: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations_1/5679
------- Indoor test, unusual host, low larval survival (12%).

* Zlotina MA, Mastro VC, Leonard DE, Elkinton JS (1998) Survival and development of Lymantria mathura on North American, Asian, and European tree species. Journal of Economic Entomology 91, 1162–1166.
------- Indoor test, unusual host, low larval survival (12%).
Acleris variana (ACLRVA) Host
* Schooley HO, Pardy KE (1981) Insect pests of larch in Newfoundland. Environment Canada, Forestry Service. 23 pp.
Allantophomopsiella pseudotsugae (as Larix) (POTECO) Host
Arceuthobium laricis (as Larix) (ARELA) Host
Arceuthobium pusillum (as Larix) (AREPU) Host
Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (BURSXY) Host
* Dropkin VH, Foudin A, Kondo E, Linit M, Smith M, Robbins K (1981) Pinewood nematode: a threat to US forests? Plant Disease 65(12), 1022-1027.
Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (as Larix) (BURSXY) Host
Chionaspis pinifoliae (PHECPI) Host
* INTERNET
ScaleNet. Chionaspis pinifoliae. http://scalenet.info/catalogue/Chionaspis%20pinifoliae/
Choristoneura fumiferana (CHONFU) Host
* Shore TL, Alfaro RI (1986) The spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), in British Columbia. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia 83, 31-38.
------- major host in Bristish Colombia.
Choristoneura fumiferana (as Larix) (CHONFU) Host
Crisicoccus pini (as Larix) (DACLPI) Host
Larix sp. listed by EFSA (2021) citing Chen et al. (2005).

* Chen S, Chen R, Chen Q, He L and Lui Z (2005) Bionomics of Crisicoccus pini in Qingdao area. Zhongguo Senlin Bingchong, 24, 8–11. 

* EFSA Panel on Plant Health (2021) Pest categorisation of Crisicoccus pini. EFSA Journal 19(11), e06928.  https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2021.6928
Dendroctonus valens (DENCVA) Host
* Atkinson TH (2018) Bark and ambrosia beetles (US and Canada). Available at: http://www.barkbeetles.info/regional_chklist_target_species.php?lookUp=491 (accessed 29 June 2018)
------- Occasional host record. No information could be found on whether non-Pinus allow complete development from egg to adult.
Dendrolimus spectabilis (as Larix) (DENDSC) Host
Gnathotrichus sulcatus (as Pinaceae) (GNAHSU) Host
* Furniss RL, Carolin VM (1977) Western forest insects (Scolytidae, Platypodidae). Miscellaneous Publications, United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service No. 1339, pp. 1-654
Heterobasidion irregulare (HETEIR) Host
Heterobasidion irregulare (as Larix) (HETEIR) Host
Ips cembrae (as Larix) (IPSXCE) Host
* Grodzki W (2008) Ips cembrae Heer (Col.: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) in young larch stands–a new problem in Poland. Forstschutz Aktuell, 44, 8-9.

* Holuša J, Kula E, Wewiora F, Lukášová K (2014) Flight activity, within the trap tree abundance and overwintering of the larch bark beetle (Ips cembrae) in Czech Republic. Šumarski list, 138 (1-2), 19-27.
Ips grandicollis (IPSXGR) Host
* Gandhi KJ, Seybold SJ (2002) Tamarack (Pinaceae): previously unrecorded developmental host for pine engraver and southern pine engraver (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). The Canadian Entomologist 134(3), 299-302.
------- adults found in cut logs.
Ips hauseri (as Larix) (IPSXHA) Host
* Douglas HB, Cognato AI, Grebennikov V, Savard K (2019) Dichotomous and matrix-based keys to the Ips bark beetles of the World (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification 38, 234 pp. http://cjai.biologicalsurvey.ca/dcgs_38/factsheets/Ips_hauseri.pdf
Ips pini (IPSXPI) Host
* Gandhi KJ, Seybold SJ (2002) Tamarack (Pinaceae): previously unrecorded developmental host for pine engraver and southern pine engraver (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). The Canadian Entomologist 134(3), 299-302.
------- adults found in cut logs.
Lachnellula willkommii (as Larix) (LCHNWI) Host
Monochamus nitens (as Larix) (MONCNI) Host
* Akbulut S, Togashi K & Linit MJ (2017) Cerambycids as plant disease vectors with special reference to pine wilt. In Cerambycidae of the world, pp. 209-252. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.
Monochamus saltuarius (as Larix) (MONCSL) 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.
Monochamus scutellatus (MONCST) Host
* Monné MA, Nearns EH (2021) Catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of Canada and United States of America. Part IV. Subfamily Lamiinae. https://cerambycids.com/catalog/Monne&Nearns_2021_NearcticCat_part_IV.pdf
Monochamus scutellatus (as Larix) (MONCST) Host
* Akbulut S, Stamps WT (2012) Insect vectors of the pinewood nematode: a review of the biology and ecology of Monochamus species. Forest Pathology 42(2), 89-99. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0329.2011.00733.x
Monochamus sutor (as Larix) (MONCSU) 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.
Monochamus urussovii (as Larix) (MONCUR) 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.
Neofusicoccum laricinum (GUIGLA) Host
* Sato K, Shouji T (1962) Ditto Ⅴ (Preliminary report). Pathogenicity of Guignardia laricina, the causal fungus of the disease. Transactions of the 73rd Annual Meeting of the  Japanese Forestry Society, 217-219 (in Japanese).
------- Confirmed host.
Phymatotrichopsis omnivora (PHMPOM) Host
* Anonymous (1960) Index of Plant Diseases in the United States. Agriculture Handbook no 165, USDA-ARS (US) 531 pp.
Phytophthora cinnamomi (as Pinaceae) (PHYTCN) Host
Scolytus morawitzi (as Larix) (SCOLMO) Host
Sirex noctilio (as Larix) (SIRXNO) Host
Tetropium gracilicorne (as Larix) (TETOGR) Host
Trichoferus campestris (as Larix) (HESOCA) Host
* Iwata R & Yamada F (1990) Notes on the biology of Hesperophanes campestris, a drywood borer in Japan. Material und Organismen 25, 305–313.
Xylotrechus altaicus (as Larix) (XYLOAL) Host
Orgyia leucostigma (HEMELE) Major host
* Ferguson DC (1978) Noctuoidea, Lymantriidae. In: Dominick RB et al., eds. The moths of America north of Mexico (including Greenland), Vol. 22.2. London, UK: E.W. Classey.

* Heppner JB (2003) Lepidoptera of Florida. Part 1. Introduction and catalog. Volume 17 of Arthropods of Florida and neighboring land areas. Division of Plant Industry. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Gainesville, Florida. 670 pp

* Maier CT, Lemmon CR, Fengler JM, Schweitzer DF, Reardon RC (2004) Caterpillars on the Foliage of Conifers in the Northeastern United States. Morgantown, WV. USDA Forest Service. Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. FHTET-2004-01. March 2004. 151 p.
Orgyia leucostigma (as Larix) (HEMELE) Major host
 * Drooz AT (1985) Insects of eastern forests. USDA Forest Service, Miscellaneous Publication 1426, 608 pp.

* Van Driesche RG, LaForest JH, Bargeron CT, Reardon RC, Herlihy M (2012) Forest Pest Insects in North America: a Photographic Guide. USDA Forest Service. Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team. Morgantown, WV. FHTET-2012-02.

 * Wallner WE & McManus KA (1989) Proceedings, Lymantriidae: a comparison of features of New and Old World tussock moths; 1988 June 26-July 1; New Haven, CT. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-123. Broomall, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 554 p.
Strobilomyia viaria (STRMVI) Major host
* McClure M, Quiring DT & Turgeon JJ (1996) Oviposition, temporal distribution and potential impact of Strobilomyia laricis and S. viaria on Larix laricina. Canadian Entomologist 128, 67–78.

* Michelsen V (1988) A world revision of Strobilomyia Generaln. the anthomyiid seed pests of conifers. Systematic Entomology 13, 271–314.