EPPO Global Database

Pentas lanceolata(PNWLA)

Pests

Organism Type
Cephonodes hylas (as Rubiaceae) (CEPOHY) Host
Crinivirus tomatichlorosis (TOCV00) Host
* Mamoun Abdel-Salam AM, Rezk AA, Dawoud RA (2019) Biochemical, serological, molecular and natural host studies on Tomato chlorosis virus in Egypt. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences 22, 83-94. https://doi.org/10.3923/pjbs.2019.83.126
Meloidogyne enterolobii (MELGMY) Host
* Brito JA, Kaur R, Cetintas R, Stanley JD, Mendes ML, Powers TO, Dickson DW (2010) Meloidoygne spp. infecting ornamental plants in Florida. Nematropica 40, 87-103.
------- confirmed host, as Penta lanceolata.
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.