EPPO Global Database

Pritchardia pacifica(PWDPA)

Pests

Organism Type
‘Candidatus Phytoplasma palmae' (PHYPPA) Host
* Myrie WA, Harrison NA, Douglas L, Helmick E, Gore-Francis J, Oropeza C, McLaughlin WA (2014) First report of lethal yellowing disease associated with subgroup 16SrIV-A phytoplasmas in Antigua, West Indies. New Disease Reports (2014) 29, 12. http://dx.doi.org/10.5197/j.2044-0588.2014.029.012

* Paredes-Tomás C, Luis-Pantoja M, Rodríguez-Tapia JL, Salin CO, Narváez M, Myrie W, Pacini F, Bertaccini A (2022) Detection and identification of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma palmae’ strains in Hortensia similis and Pritchardia pacifica in Cuba. European Journal of Plant Pathology 164, 593-600
Haplaxius crudus (MYNDCR) Host
* Dzido JL, Sánchez R, Dollet M, Julia JF, Narvaez M, Fabre S, Oropeza C (2021) Haplaxius crudus (Hemiptera: Cixiidae) transmits the lethal yellowing phytoplasmas, 16SrIV, to Pritchardia pacifica Seem. & H. Wendl (Arecaceae) in Yucatan, Mexico. Neotropical Entomology 49(6), 795-805.

* Howard FW, Mead FW (1980) A survey of Auchenorrhyncha (Insecta: Homoptera) associated with palms in southern Florida. Tropical Agriculture 57(2), pp.145-153.
--------- Adult host.
Opogona sacchari (as Pritchardia) (OPOGSC) Host
* Nelson SC, Wright MG (2005) Banana Moth: A Potentially Fatal Pest of Pritchardia and Other Palms. Cooperative Extension Service, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Insect Pests  IP-24, 4 pp.
Raoiella indica (RAOIIN) Host
Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (RHYCFE) Host
* Roda A, Kairo M, Damian T, Franken F, Heidweiller K, Johanns C, Mankin R (2011) Red palm weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus), an invasive pest recently found in the Caribbean that threatens the region. EPPO Bulletin 41, 116-121.
Lethal yellowing type syndromes (PHYP56) Wild/Weed