EPPO Global Database

Vaccinium virgatum(VACVG)

Pests

Organism Type
Agrobacterium tumefaciens (as Vaccinium) (AGRBTU) Host
Anastrepha fraterculus (ANSTFR) Host
* Custódio AC, Donnaruma TL, Souza-Filho MF, Louzeiro LRF, Raga A (2016) Moscas-das-frutas (Diptera: Tephritidae, Lonchaeidae) associadas as suas plantas hospedeiras no estado de São Paulo. Biológico 78(2), p. 36.
Anoplophora chinensis (as Vaccinium) (ANOLCN) Host
* Fujiwara-Tsujii N, Yasui H, Wakamura S, Hashimota I, Minamishima M (2012) The white-spotted longicorn beetle, Anoplophora malasiaca (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), with a blueberry as host plant, utilizes host chemicals for male orientation. Applied Entomology and Zoology 47, 103–110. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13355-012-0095-9
Blueberry scorch virus (BLSCV0) Host
Ceroplastes ceriferus (as Vaccinium) (CERPCE) Host
Chondrostereum purpureum (STERPU) Host
* France A, Grinbergs D, Carrasco J (2017) First detection of silverleaf (Chondrostereum purpureum) on rabbiteye blueberry (Vaccinium ashei) and disease damages. Acta Horticulturae 1180, 277.
------- As Vaccinium ashei.
Diaporthe vaccinii (as Vaccinium) (DIAPVA) Host
Epiphyas postvittana (as Vaccinium) (TORTPO) Host
Eurhizococcus brasiliensis (as Vaccinium) (EURHBR) Host
* Efrom CFS, Botton M, Meyer GA (2012) Brazilian ground pearl damaging blackberry, raspberry and blueberry in Brazil. Ciência Rural 42(9), 1545-1548. 
Exomala orientalis (as Vaccinium) (ANMLOR) Host
* Alm SR, Villani MG, Roelofs W (1999) Oriental beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): current distribution in the United States and optimization of monitoring traps. Journal of Economic Entomology, 92(4), 931-935.
Frankliniella occidentalis (as Vaccinium) (FRANOC) Host
* Ortiz JA, Infante F, Rodriguez D, Toledo-Hernandez RA (2020) Discovery of Scirtothrips dorsalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in blueberry fields of Michoacan, Mexico. Florida Entomologist 103(3), 408-410. https://doi.org/10.1653/024.103.0316
Grapholita packardi (as Vaccinium) (LASPPA) Host
* Brown JW (2022) A review of host plants for the tortricid tribe Grapholitini, with a synopsis of host utilization by genus (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Insecta Mundi 0944, 1 –75.

* Vergeer T (1954) The cherry fruitworm (Grapholitha packardi) as a blueberry pest in Michigan. Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station Quarterly Bulletin No. 36, 370-373.
Halyomorpha halys (as Vaccinium) (HALYHA) Host
Longidorus diadecturus (as Vaccinium) (LONGDI) Host
* Allen WR, Van Schagen JG, Eveleigh ES (1982) Transmission of peach rosette mosaic virus to peach, grape, and cucumber by Longidorus diadecturus obtained from diseased orchards in Ontario. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 4, 16–18.

* Allen WR, Van Schagen JG, Ebsary BA (1984) Comparative transmission of the peach rosette mosaic virus by Ontario populations of Longidorus diadecturus and Xiphinema americanum (Nematoda: Longidoridae). Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 6, 29–32.
Naupactus xanthographus (as Vaccinium) (NAUPXA) Host
* Rocca M and Greco N (2011) Diversity of herbivorous communities in blueberry crops of different regions of Argentina, Community and Ecosystem Ecology, 40, 247- 259.
------- larval feeding on roots.

* Sinavimo (2019) Naupactus xanthographus Sistema Nacional Argentino de Vigilancia y Monitoreo de plagas. Available at: https://www.sinavimo.gov.ar/plaga/naupactus-xanthographus
------- on leaves and roots.
Nepovirus avii (as Vaccinium) (CLRV00) Host
Oemona hirta (as Vaccinium) (OEMOHI) Host
* ClearwaterJ JR (1981) Lemon tree borer, Oemona hirta (Fabricius), life cycle. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Information Series no. 105(33), 1-3.
------- As blueberries (in general).
Phytophthora cinnamomi (as Ericaceae) (PHYTCN) Host
Phytophthora ramorum (as Vaccinium) (PHYTRA) Host
* O’Hanlon R, Choiseul J, Corrigan M, Catarame T & Destefanis M (2016) Diversity and detections of Phytophthora species from trade and non-trade environments in Ireland. EPPO Bulletin 46(3), 594-602.
Pochazia shantungensis (as Vaccinium) (POCZSH) Host
* Kim DH, Kim HH, Yang CR, Kang T.J, Yun JB, Seo MH (2016) Characteristic of oviposition and effect of density suppression by yellow-colored sticky trap on Ricania shantungensis (Hemiptera: Ricaniidae) in blueberry. The Korean Journal of Pesticide Science 20 (4), 281–285 (In Korean with English abstract).
------- as "blueberry", no species mentioned.
Popillia japonica (as Vaccinium) (POPIJA) Host
* INTERNET
Regione Lombardia. Servizio fitosanitario. Organismi nocivi. Popillia japonica. Specie particolarmente sensibili a Popillia japonica. https://www.regione.lombardia.it/wps/wcm/connect/64dfeeea-c26a-4bf1-995d-660f87136d87/Specie+sensibili+Popillia+japonica+2020.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-64dfeeea-c26a-4bf1-995d-660f87136d87-nbxAUOb
Rhagoletis mendax (RHAGME) Host
* Drummond FA, Collins JA, Bushmann SL (2020) Movement of Rhagoletix mendax (Diptera: Tephritidae) in fruit-bearing wild blueberry fields. Part II. Journal of Economic Entomology 113(3), 1323-1336.
------- As Vaccinium ashei.
Rhagoletis mendax (as Vaccinium) (RHAGME) Host
Scirtothrips aurantii (as Vaccinium) (SCITAU) Host
* NPPO of Spain. EPPO Reporting Service 2021/008. Available at https://gd.eppo.int/reporting/article-6947.
------- detected during official surveys.
Scirtothrips dorsalis (as Vaccinium) (SCITDO) Host
* Ortiz JA, Infante F, Rodriguez D, Toledo-Hernandez RA (2020) Discovery of Scirtothrips dorsalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in blueberry fields of Michoacan, Mexico. Florida Entomologist 103(3), 408-410. https://doi.org/10.1653/024.103.0316
------- confirmed host.
Stephanitis takeyai (as Ericaceae) (STEPTA) Host
Thrips palmi (as Vaccinium) (THRIPL) Host
* Zamora Landa AI, Lemus Soriano BA, Cambero Campos OJ, Pinedo-Escatel JA (2021) Nuevos registros de trips y daños asociados a blueberries y zarzamora en el Estado de Michoacán, México. Southwestern Entomologist 45(4), 1165-1170.
Xylella fastidiosa (XYLEFA) Host
* Cieniewicz E, Schnabel E, Powell G, Snipes Z, Schnabel G (2024) Detection and characterization of Xylella fastidiosa subsp. fastidiosa in rabbiteye blueberry in South Carolina. Plant Disease (early view). https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-11-23-2392-SC

* EFSA (2020) Scientific report on the update of the Xylella spp. host plant database – systematic literature search up to 30 June 2019. EFSA Journal 18(4), 6114, 61 pp. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2020.6148
------- As Vaccinium ashei.

* Ferguson MH, Clark CA, Smith BJ (2020) Genotyping Xylella fastidiosa in rabbiteye blueberry in Louisiana, USA. European Journal of Plant Pathology 157, 679-683.
------- As Vaccinium ashei.
Xylella fastidiosa subsp. fastidiosa (XYLEFF) Host
* Cieniewicz E, Schnabel E, Powell G, Snipes Z, Schnabel G (2024) Detection and characterization of Xylella fastidiosa subsp. fastidiosa in rabbiteye blueberry in South Carolina. Plant Disease (early view). https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-11-23-2392-SC
Xylella fastidiosa subsp. multiplex (XYLEFM) Host
* EFSA (2020) Scientific report on the update of the Xylella spp. host plant database – systematic literature search up to 30 June 2019. EFSA Journal 18(4), 6114, 61 pp. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2020.6148
------- As Vaccinium ashei.
Xylella fastidiosa subsp. multiplex (as Vaccinium) (XYLEFM) Host
Zaprionus indianus (as Vaccinium) (ZAPRIN) Host
Blunervirus vaccinii (as Vaccinium) (BNRBV0) Major host
Dasineura oxycoccana (DASYVA) Major host
* Lyrene PM, Payne JA (1992) Blueberry gall midge: a pest on rabbiteye blueberry in Florida. Proceedings of the Florida state horticultural society 105,  297-299.
------- As Vaccinium ashei.
Diaporthe vaccinii (DIAPVA) Major host
Exobasidium vaccinii (as Vaccinium) (EXOBVA) Major host
Godronia cassandrae (as Vaccinium) (GODRCA) Major host
Orgyia leucostigma (as Vaccinium) (HEMELE) Major host
* Neil K (1979) A new subspecies of Orgyia leucostigma (Lymantriidae) from Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 33(4), 245–247

* Belton EM (1988) Lepidoptera on fruit crops in Canada, Simon Fraser University, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Pest Management Program, Burnaby, BC. 105 pp

* Heppner JB (2003) Lepidoptera of Florida. Part 1. Introduction and catalog. Volume 17 of Arthropods of Florida and neighboring land areas. Division of Plant Industry. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Gainesville, Florida. 670 pp
Pucciniastrum minimum (THEKMI) Major host
* Scherm H, Savelle AT, Brannen PM, Krewer G (2007) Occurrence and prevalence of foliar diseases on blueberry in Georgia. Online. Plant Health Progress. doi:10.1094/PHP-2008-0421-01-RS.
------- As Vaccinium ashei.
Orgyia pseudotsugata (as Vaccinium) (ORGYPS) Wild/Weed