EPPO Global Database

Ligustrum ovalifolium(LIGOV)

Pests

Organism Type
Aonidiella citrina (as Ligustrum) (AONDCI) Host
Euwallacea fornicatus sensu lato (XYLBFO) Host
* Government of Western Australia. Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development. Polyphagous shot-hole borer (PSHB). Australian Host List (version 24.0 - 2024-09-30). https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/sites/gateway/files/PSHB-WA-Host-List_2.pdf
-------Non-reproductive host in Western Australia.
Euwallacea fornicatus sensu stricto (EUWAWH) Host
* Government of Western Australia. Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development. Polyphagous shot-hole borer (PSHB). Australian Host List (version 24.0 - 2024-09-30). https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/sites/gateway/files/PSHB-WA-Host-List_2.pdf
-------Non-reproductive host in Western Australia.
Hishimonus hamatus (HISHHA) Host
* Bella S, Aguin-Pombo D, Aguiar AM, Kunz G, Miralles-Nunez A, Foster S, Sanchez-Garcia I, Wilson MR, D’Urso VE (2022) Discovery of Hishimonus diffractus Dai, Fletcher & Zhang, 2013 (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae) in Europe, with remarks on previously recorded species of the genus. Zootaxa 5159(4), 558–570. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5159.4.5
Luperomorpha xanthodera (as Ligustrum) (LUPMXA) Host
Naupactus xanthographus (as Ligustrum) (NAUPXA) Host
* Lanteri A, del Río MG (2017) Naupactus xanthographus (Germar) species group (Curculionidae: Entiminae: Naupactini): a comprehensive taxonomic treatment. Journal of Natural History 51, 27-28.
------- reported as hosts but evidence is lacking that they are true hosts (i.e. support completion of full life cycle).
Privet yellow mosaic agent (as Ligustrum) (PYM000) Host
Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (as Ligustrum) (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.
Ripersiella hibisci (RHIOHI) Host