EPPO Global Database

Nesomyndus maculatus(NESMMA)

Vector of

Important note on vectors:
Information on vectors and their associated pathogens is a new feature of the database (April 2023). Data will gradually be entered by the EPPO Secretariat and will focus on regulated (quarantine) pests.
Organism Type
‘Candidatus Phytoplasma katsepyensis’ (PHYPKA) Known vector
* Bahder BW, Ratsimbazafy MR, Randretsiferana SA, Hasinjaka RH, Bloch M, Lane J, Helmick EE, Swale DR, Rakotomalala MR, Pilet F (2026) Detection of Palm Lethal Yellowing Phytoplasma in the salivary glands of Nesomyndus maculatus and asymptomatic Bismarck palms from Madagascar. Phytopathology 116(9), 1414-1423
------- potential vector 
Palm lethal yellowing type syndromes (PHYP56) Known vector
* Bahder BW, Ratsimbazafy MR, Randretsiferana SA, Hasinjaka RH, Bloch M, Lane J, Helmick EE, Swale DR, Rakotomalala MR, Pilet F (2026) Detection of Palm Lethal Yellowing Phytoplasma in the salivary glands of Nesomyndus maculatus and asymptomatic Bismarck palms from Madagascar. Phytopathology 116(9), 1414-1423
------- potential vector of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma katsepyensis’