EPPO Global Database

Ocimum basilicum(OCIBA)

Pests

Organism Type
Amrasca biguttula (EMPOBI) Doubtful host
* Saeed R, Razaq M, Hardy IC (2015) The importance of alternative host plants as reservoirs of the cotton leaf hopper, Amrasca devastans, and its natural enemies. Journal of Pest Science 88, 517–531.
------- incidental host.
Lagria villosa (LAGRVL) Doubtful host
* NVWA (2025) Quick scan for Lagria villosa (Fabricius, 1781) https://pra.eppo.int/pra/628130c9-68cf-47fb-b804-c7c7184c739e/
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.