EPPO Global Database

Macadamia integrifolia(MCDIN)

Pests

Organism Type
Amblypelta lutescens (AMBPLU) Host
* Lindsay KR, Zalucki MP, Newton IR, Furlong MJ (2019) Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of the Native Banana-Spotting Bug, Amblypelta lutescens lutescens (Hemiptera: Coreidae), in Avocado Crops in North Queensland, Australia, Journal of Economic Entomology 112(4), 1812–1820. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toz084
------- confirmed host
Euwallacea fornicatus sensu lato (XYLBFO) Host
* Eskalen A, Stouthamer R, Lynch SC, Rugman-Jones PF, Twizeyimana M, Gonzalez A, Thibault T (2013) Host range of Fusarium dieback and its ambrosia beetle (Coleoptera: Scolytinae) vector in southern California. Plant Disease 97(7), 938-951.
Euwallacea fornicatus sensu lato (as Macadamia) (XYLBFO) Host
* van Rooyen E, Paap T, de Beer W, Townsend G, Fell S, Nel WJ, Morgan S, Hill M, Gonzalez A, Roets F (2021) The polyphagous shot hole borer beetle: Current status of a perfect invader in South Africa. South African Journal of Science 117(11/12). https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2021/9736
------- As Euwallacea fornicatus sensu stricto. Non-reproductive host in South Africa.
Euwallacea fornicatus sensu stricto (EUWAWH) Host
* Mendel Z, Lynch SC, Eskalen A, Protasov A, Maymon M, Freeman S (2021) What determines host range and reproductive performance of an invasive ambrosia beetle Euwallacea fornicatus; lessons from Israel and California. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 4, 654702.
------- Non reproductive host tree in both California (US) and Israel.
Fusarium euwallaceae (FUSAEW) Host
* Eskalen A, Stouthamer R, Lynch SC, Twizeyimana M, Gonzalez A, Thibault T (2013) Host range of Fusarium dieback and its ambrosia beetle (Coleoptera: Scolytinae) vector in southern California. Plant Disease 97(7),  938-951.

* Twiddy D, Fell S, de Beer ZW, Fourie G (2021) Screening for Susceptibility of Macadamia to Euwallacea fornicatus and its Fungal Symbiont Fusarium euwallaceae. Plant Disease 105(4), 739-742.
Scirtothrips aurantii (SCITAU) Host
* Rafter MA, Walter GH (2013) Mate recognition in the South African citrus thrips Scirtothrips aurantii (Faure) and cross-mating tests with populations from Australia and South Africa. Journal of Insect Behaviour, 26, 780-795
------- confirmed host. 
Xylosandrus compactus (XYLSCO) Host
Xylosandrus crassiusculus (XYLBCR) Host
* Nel WJ, De Beer ZW, Wingfield MJ, Duong TA (2020) The granulate ambrosia beetle, Xylosandrus crassiusculus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae), and its fungal symbiont found in South Africa. Zootaxa, 4838(3), 427–435. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4838.3.7
------- confirmed host in South Africa (as Macadamia integrifolia x M. tetraphylla). 
Gymnandrosoma aurantianum (ECDYAU) Major host
* Cabrera-Asencio I, Vélez A, Henríquez S & Santiago-Blay J (2013) Melicoccus bijugatus Jacquin (Sapindaceae), quenepa: A new host plant record for the Citrus Fruit Borer, Gymnandrosoma aurantianum Lima, 1927 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) and the genus Gymnandrosoma in Puerto Rico. Life: The Excitement of Biology, 1(1), 3–16. https://doi.org/10.9784/LEB1(1)Cabrera.02
------- confirmed host.

* Soares de Matos ST, dos Santos-Cividanes TM, Cividanes FJ, dos Santos L da C, Suguino E & Ribeiro AA (2019) First Record of Lepidopteran Borers in Macadamia Nuts in Brazil. Florida Entomologist, 102(3), 649–650. https://doi.org/10.1653/024.102.0320
Thaumatotibia leucotreta (ARGPLE) Major host
* La Croix EAS & Thindwa HZ (1986) Macadamia pests in Malawi. III. The major pests. The biology of bugs and borers. Tropical Pest Management 32(1): 11-20.
------- M. integrifolia / M. tetraphylla hybrid