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.
Corythauma ayyari (as Ocimum) (COTMAY) Host
Icerya purchasi (ICERPU) Host
* Manjula KN, Renuka S, Rishi RR, Sundararaj R (2022) Insect pests of Ocimum sanctum Linn. in Karnataka. ENTOMON 47(1), 71-74 https://doi.org/10.33307/entomon.v47i1.690
Parasaissetia nigra (SAISNI) Host
* Manjula KN, Renuka S, Rishi RR, Sundararaj R (2022) Insect pests of Ocimum sanctum Linn. in Karnataka. ENTOMON 47(1), 71-74 https://doi.org/10.33307/entomon.v47i1.690
Peronospora belbahrii (as Ocimum) (PEROBE) Host
Poophilus costalis (POOPCO) Host
* Sahayaraj K, Princess A, Alkherb WA, Alshehri MA, Alkeridis LA, Estelle LY, Srinivasan M, Sundar S, Petchidurai G, Sayed S (2025) Preferential host plants and nesting sites for foam building by the spittlebug, Poophilus costalis Walker (Hemiptera: Aphrophoridae). Phytoparasitica 53(2), 1-5.
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
* Naim YB, Falach-Block L, Ben-Daniel B-H, Cohen Y (2019) Host range of Peronospora belbahrii, causal agent of basil downy mildew, in Israel. European Journal of Plant Pathology. 155(3), 789–799. doi:10.1007/s10658-019-01809-9
------- confirmed host (inoculation studies)
