EPPO Global Database

Ocimum basilicum(OCIBA)

Pests

Organism Type
Potexvirus pepini (PEPMV0) Doubtful host
* Davino S, Accotto GP, Masenga V, Torta L, Davino M (2009) Basil (Ocimum basilicum) a new host of Pepino mosaic virus. Plant Pathology 58, 407.

* PEPEIRA (2011) Pest risk analysis for Pepino mosaic virus. Pepino mosaic virus: epidemiology, economic impact and pest risk analysis (PEPEIRA). Thematic Priority Sustainable management of Europe’s natural resources. Project n° 044190.
-------- Attempts to inoculate other isolates of PepMV onto basil did not result in infected basil.
Cheravirus avii (CRLV00) Experimental
* Bratsch SA, Grinstead S, Lockhart B, Mollov D (2020) Biological properties and genomic sequence of an isolate of cherry rasp leaf virus from tomato. Journal of Plant Pathology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42161-020-00522-5

* Hansen AJ, Nylland G, McElroy FD, Stace-Smith R (1974) Origin, cause, host range and spread of cherry rasp leaf disease in North America. Phytopathology 64, 721-727.
Meloidogyne floridensis (MELGFL) Experimental
* Kokalis-Burelle N, Nyczepir AP (2004) Host range studies for Meloidogyne floridensis. Journal of Nematology 36, 328
------ host with high reproductive potential
Polerovirus PLRV (PLRV00) Experimental
* Thomas PE, Hassan S (2002) First Report of Twenty-two New Hosts of Potato leafroll virus. Plant Disease 86(5), 561. 
Aleurodicus dispersus (ALEDDI) Host
* Boopathi T (2022) New host plants, natural enemy complex and newly distributed potential areas of exotic spiralling whitefly (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in India. Phytoparasitica 50(2), 335-357.
Bemisia tabaci (BEMITA) Host
Ceratothripoides brunneus (CRTZBR) Host
Corythauma ayyari (as Ocimum) (COTMAY) Host
Eurhizococcus brasiliensis (EURHBR) Host
* Foldi I (2005) Ground pearls: a generic revision of the Margarodidae sensu stricto (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea), Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 41(1), 81-125.

* 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
Halyomorpha halys (HALYHA) Host
* Holthouse MC, Spears LR, Alston DG (2021) Urban host plant utilisation by the invasive Halyomorpha halys (Stål) (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae) in northern Utah. NeoBiota 64, 87–101. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.64.60050
Liriomyza huidobrensis (LIRIHU) Host
* Hanafi A (2005) Invasive pests and diseases: A challenge to IPM in greenhouse crops. Phytoparasitica 33, 423-426.

* Macdonald IAW, Reaser JK, Bright C, Neville LE, Howard GW, Murphy SJ, Preston G (eds) (2003) Invasive alien species in southern Africa; national reports and directory of resources. The Global Invasive Species Programme, Cape Town, South Africa, 125 pp.

* Mujica N, Kroschel J (2011) Leafminer fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) occurrence, distribution and parasitoid associations in field and vegetable crops along the Peruvian coast. Environmental Entomology 40, 217-230.

* Rauf A, Shepard BM, Johnson MW (2000) Leafminers in vegetables, ornamental plants and weeds in Indonesia: surveys of host crops, species composition and parasitoids. International Journal of Pest Management 46, 257-266.
------- Confirmed host. Reared from infested leaves collected in the field.
Liriomyza sativae (LIRISA) Host
* Ramírez JGL, Espinoza FHR, Salgado SZ, Morales FAB (2021) Avaliação da Eficácia de Produtos Orgânicos para Controle de Minerador de Folhas (Liriomyza sativae Blanchard) sobre Manjericão (Ocimum basilicum L.) [Evaluation of the effectiveness of organic products to control the leaf miner (Liriomyza sativae Blanchard) in basil (Ocimum basilicum L.)]. Brazilian Journal of Animal and Environmental Research 4(2), 2371-2384. (in Portuguese)
Liriomyza trifolii (LIRITR) Host
* Ramírez JGL, Espinoza FHR, Salgado SZ, Morales FAB (2021) Avaliação da Eficácia de Produtos Orgânicos para Controle de Minerador de Folhas (Liriomyza sativae Blanchard) sobre Manjericão (Ocimum basilicum L.) [Evaluation of the effectiveness of organic products to control the leaf miner (Liriomyza sativae Blanchard) in basil (Ocimum basilicum L.)]. Brazilian Journal of Animal and Environmental Research 4(2), 2371-2384. (in Portuguese)
Lycorma delicatula (LYCMDE) Host
* Barringer L, Ciafré CM (2020) Worldwide feeding host plants of spotted lanternfly, with significant additions from North America. Environmental Entomology 49(5), 999–1011.
Meloidogyne enterolobii (MELGMY) Host
* Brito JA, Stanley JD, Mendes ML, Cetintas R, Dickson DW (2007) Host status of selected cultivated plants to Meloidogyne mayaguensis in Florida. Nematropica 37(1), 65–71.
------- greenhouse study.

* Gu M, Bui HX, Desaeger JA, Ye W (2021) First report of Meloidogyne enterolobii on Thai basil in Florida, United States. Plant Disease 105(11), 3764.
-------in a commercial field of Ocimum basilicum var. thyrsiflora.
Orthotospovirus impatiensnecromaculae (INSV00) Host
* Grausgruber-Gröger S (2012) First report of Impatiens necrotic spot virus on Ocimum basilicum, Eruca sativa and Anthriscus cerefolium in Austria. New Disease Reports 26, 12.

* Poojari S, Naidu RA (2013) First report of Impatiens necrotic spot virus (INSV) infecting basil (Ocimum basilicum) in the United States. Plant Disease 97(6), p 850.
Orthotospovirus tomatoflavi (TCSV00) Host
Orthotospovirus tomatomaculae (TSWV00) Host
* Parrella G, Gognalons P, Gebre-Selassie K, Vovlas C, Marchoux G (2003) An update of the host range of tomato spotted wilt virus. Journal of Plant Pathology 85(4), 227-264.
------- Confirmed host.
Peronospora belbahrii (as Ocimum) (PEROBE) Host
Popillia japonica (POPIJA) Host
* INTERNET
Regione Piemonte. Servizio fitosanitario. Lotte obbligatorie - Coleottero scarabeide del Giappone (Popillia japonica Newman). Popillia danni e difesa. https://www.regione.piemonte.it/web/sites/default/files/media/documenti/2019-06/popillia_danni_difesa.pdf
Raoiella indica (RAOIIN) Host
Scirtothrips dorsalis (SCITDO) Host
* Klassen W, Seal DR, Ciomperlik MA, Fieslemann DA (2008) The chilli thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis: current status in the Greater Caribbean Region. Proceeedings of the Caribbean food crops society,  44(1), 103-117.
------- reproductive host in Florida.

* EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) Schrader G, Camilleri M, Diakaki M & Vos S (2019) Pest survey card on Scirtothrips aurantii, Scirtothrips citri and Scirtothrips dorsalis. EFSA supporting publication 2019, 16(2) EN‐1564, 21 pp. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2903/sp.efsa.2019.EN-1564
-------intercepted in consignments of AOcimum basilicum from Vietnam.
Sibovia sagata (SIBOSA) Host
* Duarte V, Ferreira VA (2019) Cigarrinha Sibovia sagata em manjericao e lantana. Agriporticus. Available online: http://www.agronomicabr.com.br/agriporticus/detalhe.aspx?id=717
------- cited in the EFSA Pest categorisation of non-EU Cicadomorpha vectors of Xylella spp. (2019)
Spodoptera frugiperda (LAPHFR) Host
* Montezano DG, Specht A, Sosa-Gómez DR, Roque-Specht VF, Sousa-Silva JC, Paula-Moraes SV, Peterson JA, Hunt T (2018) Host plants of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in the Americas. African Entomology 26, 286-300.
Spodoptera litura (PRODLI) Host
* Ahmad M, Ghaffar A, Rafiq M (2013) Host plants of leaf worm, Spodoptera litura (Fabricius)(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Pakistan. Asian Journal of Agriculture and Biology 1(1), 23-28.
Tetranychus evansi (TETREV) Host
* Ferreira MA, Sousa ME (2011) Hosts and Distribution of the Spider Mite Tetranychus evansi (Acari: Tetranychidae) in Portugal. Hale, C., Xxviii International Horticultural Congress on Science and Horticulture for People, Leuven 1, Int Soc Horticultural Science, (917): 133-136.
Thrips palmi (THRIPL) Host
* Kalpana Tillekaratne, Edirisinghe JP, Gunatilleke CVS, Karunaratne AIP (2011) A checklist of thrips species of Sri Lanka. Ceylon Journal of Science (Bio. Sci.) 40(2), 89-108.
Cochlochila bullita (COKLBU) Major host
Peronospora belbahrii (PEROBE) Major host
* Cohen Y, Ben Naim Y, Falach L, Rubin AE (2017) Epidemiology of basil downy mildew. Phytopathology, 107, 1149–1160.