EPPO Global Database

Macrohomotoma gladiata(MAHOGL)

Hosts

Important note about the classification of host plants in GD:
Categories have been assigned by the EPPO Secretariat on the basis of available data at the time of entry. They correspond to a qualitative evaluation of the importance of the host plant for the pest concerned and remain indicative only.
Further explanation of categories is available in the guide.
Organism Type
Ficus microcarpa (FIUMI) Major host
* Mifsud D (2020) The jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera : Psylloidea) of the Maltese Islands. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Malta, 11, 103-117.
Ficus retusa (FIURT) Host
* Pedata PA, Burckhardt D & Mancini D (2012) Severe infestations of the jumping plantlouse Macrohomotoma gladiata, a new species for Italy in urban Ficus plantations. Bulletin of Insectology, 65(1): 95–98.