EPPO Global Database

Acalypha persimilis(ACCOS)

Pests

Organism Type
Chloridea virescens (HELIVI) Host
* Allen KC, Elkins BH, Little NS (2024) Acalypha ostryifolia: a natural refuge for Chloridea virescens and Helicoverpa zea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in the Southern United States. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 117(1), 44-48.
------- as Acalypha ostryfolia

* Sudbrink DL, Grant JF (1995) Wild Host Plants of Helicoverpa zea and Heliothis virescens (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Eastern Tennessee. Environmental Entomology 24(5), 1080-1085.
------- as Acalypha ostryaefolia.

* EPPO (2024) EPPO Technical Document No. 1091. Pest risk analysis for Chloridea virescens. EPPO, Paris. Available at https://gd.eppo.int/taxon/HELIVI/documents
------- Main host (evidence that the plant supports populations of the pest in several generations or years, i.e. true hosts, or plant mentioned as common or preferred host – see PRA for further details on the host)
Icerya purchasi (as Acalypha) (ICERPU) Host
Helicoverpa zea (HELIZE) Wild/Weed
* Allen KC, Elkins BH, Little NS (2024) Acalypha ostryifolia: a natural refuge for Chloridea virescens and Helicoverpa zea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in the Southern United States. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 117(1), 44-48.
------- as Acalypha ostryfolia

* Sudbrink Jr DL, Grant JF (1995) Wild host plants of Helicoverpa zea and Heliothis virescens (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in eastern Tennessee. Environmental Entomology 24(5), 1080-1085.