EPPO Global Database

Selenicereus megalanthus(SNRME)

Pests

Organism Type
Anastrepha fraterculus (ANSTFR) Host
* USDA (2022) Importation of dragon fruit (Selenicereus costaricensis, S. megalanthus, S. monacanthus, and S. undatus) for consumption from Colombia into the continental United States, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. A Qualitative, Pathway Initiated Pest Risk Assessment. 36 pp.

Margarodes vitis (as Cactaceae) (MARGVI) Host
* Giliomee J, de Klerk C & Watson GW (2022) 3.3.4 Margarodes spp. In: Encyclopedia of Scale Insect Pests (Eds Kondo T & Watson GW), pp. 69-73. CAB International, Wallingford (UK).
Meloidogyne enterolobii (MELGMY) Host
* Pei S, Yang Z, Chen Z, Xie C, Ding X (2024) First report of Meloidogyne enterolobii infecting yellow pitaya (Selenicereus megalanthus) in China. Plant Disease 108(3), 819. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-07-23-1294-PDN
------- Reproduction factor was 1.9.
Opogona sacchari (as Cactaceae) (OPOGSC) Host
* van der Gaag DJ, van der Straten M, Ramel JM, Baufeld P , Schrader G (2013) Pest Risk Analysis for Opogona sacchari. Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority. 48 pp. Available at https://pra.eppo.int/pra/2823b66f-ce73-48eb-8272-082124412092.
------- intercepted in consignments of plants for planting.
Spodoptera ornithogalli (as Cactaceae) (PRODOR) Host
* Brito R, Specht A, Gonçalves GL, Moreira GRP, Carneiro E, Santos FL, Roque-Specht VF, Mielke OHH, Casagrande MM (2019) Spodoptera marima: a new synonym of Spodoptera ornithogalli (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), with notes on adult morphology, host plant use and genetic variation along its geographic range. Neotropical Entomology 48(3), 433-448.

* Hunt J (1957) List of intercepted plant pests, 1956. USDA, ARS, Plant Quarantine Division. Washington, USDA, p 63,