EPPO Global Database

Asparagus officinalis(ASPOF)

Pests

Organism Type
Chloridea virescens (HELIVI) Host
* Castillo-Valiente J, Pesantes A (2004) Ciclo biológico de Heliothis virescens (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) en tres cultivares de espárrago (Asparagus officinalis Linnaeus), bajo condiciones de laboratorio. Rev. per. Ent. 44, 135-137.

* Córdova Vega PM (2015) Fluctuacion poblacional de los insectos plaga en el cultivo de espárrago Asparagus officinalis, en Chincha. Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Peru. Tesis, Ingeniero Agrónomo. 117 pp.

* Núñez Sacarías de Dioses EY, Pereyra Colchado M (2021). Morfología de huevos y larvas de primer estadio de Lepidoptera en turiones de espárrago peruano. Revista Peruana De Entolomogía, 52(1 &2), 9-26.

* 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)
Elasmopalpus lignosellus (ELASLI) Host
* INTERNET
- La suerte del esparrago depende del manejo integrado. Edagricola (2019-10). http://www.redagricola.com/pe/la-suerte-del-esparrago-depende-del-manejo-integrado/
- Plagas del espárrago en el Perú. http://plagasesparrago.galeon.com/album1989996.html
Helicoverpa armigera (HELIAR) Host
* Kay IR, Hardy AT (1999) Asparagus: a new host record for Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Australian Entomologist  26(1), 29-31.

* Jha RK, Tuan S-J, Chi H, Tang L-C (2014) Life table and consumption capacity of corn earworm, Helicoverpa armigera, fed asparagus,
Asparagus officinalis. Journal of Insect Science 14, 34. 
------- Laboratory studies.
Homalodisca vitripennis (HOMLTR) Host
* Turner WF, Pollard HN (1959) Life histories and behavior of five insect vectors of phony peach disease. United States Department of Agriculture, Technical Bulletin 1188, 28 pp.
-------- Feeding host.
Liriomyza huidobrensis (LIRIHU) Host
* Rauf A, Shepard BM, Johnson MW (2000) Leafminers in vegetables, ornamental plants and weeds in Indonesia: surveys of host crops, species composition and parasitoids. International Journal of Pest Management 46, 257-266.

* Silva HOE (1993) Identification of the parasitoid complex on vegetable leaf miner Liriomyza huidobrensis (Blanchard) (Diptera: Agromyzidae) and some aspects of the biology of Euparacrias phytomyzae (Brethes) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). Agris.fao.org
Maconellicoccus hirsutus (PHENHI) Host
* Chang LWH, Miller CE (1996) Pathway Risk Assessment: Pink mealybug from the Caribbean. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture 61 pp.
Meloidogyne ethiopica (MELGET) Host
* Murga-Gutierrez S N, Colagiero M, Rosso L C, Sialer M M F & Ciancio A (2012) Root-knot nematodes from asparagus and associated biological antagonists in Peru. Nematropica 42(1), 57-62.
Meloidogyne fallax (MELGFA) Host
* Goossens JJM (1995) Host range test of Meloidogyne n.sp. In: Annual Report 1994 Diagnostic Centre, pp. 95-97. Plant Protection Service, Wageningen (NL).
Naupactus xanthographus (as Asparagus) (NAUPXA) Host
* Lanteri AA, Marvaldi AE, Suarez SM (2002) Gorgojos de la Argentina y sus plantas huespedes, Tomo I: Apionidae y Curculionidae. Publicacion Especial de la Sociedad Entomologica Agrentina.
------- reported as host but evidence is lacking that they can support completion of ful life cycle.
Phlyctinus callosus (PHLYCA) Host
* Prestidge RA and Willoughby B (1989) Garden weevil life cycle and insecticides for its control in asparagus. In Proceedings of the Forty Second New Zealand Weed and Pest Control Conference, Taranki Country Lodge, New Plymouth, 8-10 August, 1989. (pp. 238–242). 
------- considered as an important pest.
Phytophthora cryptogea (PHYTCR) Host
Platynota stultana (PLAAST) Host
* Hoover GA, Biddinger DJ (2014) Omnivorous leafroller, Platynota stultana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Penn State Extension Pest Alert. https://ento.psu.edu/files/omnivorous-leafroller/view
Popillia japonica (POPIJA) Host
* Fleming WE (1972) Biology of the Japanese beetle. Technical Bulletin, Agricultural Research Service, USDA no 1449, 129 pp.
Popillia japonica (as Asparagus) (POPIJA) Host
* INTERNET
Regione Piemonte. Servizio fitosanitario. Lotte obbligatorie - Coleottero scarabeide del Giappone (Popillia japonica Newman). Popillia danni e difesa. https://www.regione.piemonte.it/web/sites/default/files/media/documenti/2019-06/popillia_danni_difesa.pdf
Scirtothrips aurantii (as Asparagus) (SCITAU) Host
* Mound LA, Palmer JM (1981) Identification, distribution and host-plants of the pest species of Scirtothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research 71, 467-479.
Spodoptera eridania (PRODER) Host
* Montezano DG, Specht A, Sosa-Gomez DR, Roque-Specht VF & de Barros NM (2014) Immature stages of Spodoptera eridania (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae): developmental parameters and host plants. Journal of Insect Science 14, 238. https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieu118
Spodoptera frugiperda (LAPHFR) Host
* Montezano DG, Specht A, Sosa-Gómez DR, Roque-Specht VF, Sousa-Silva JC, Paula-Moraes SV, Peterson JA, Hunt T (2018) Host plants of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in the Americas. African Entomology 26, 286-300.
Spodoptera ornithogalli (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.

* Capinera JL (2017) Yellowstriped Armyworm, Spodoptera ornithogalli (Guenée) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida /IFAS Extension, EENY216, 4p. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/IN/IN37300.pdf

* Comstock JA (1965) Ciclo biologico de Prodenia ornithogalli Guenée (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Serie Zoologia 36, 199-202.

* Coto D, Saunders JL, Vargas-S CL, King ABS (1995) Plagas invertebradas de cultivos tropicales con énfasis em América Central-Um invetário. Turrialba, CATIE, 200 pp.

* Crumb SE (1929) Tobacco cutworms. USDA Technical Bulletin 88, p 179.

* Heppner JB (2007) Lepidoptera of Florida. Part 1. Introduction and catalog. Gainesville, Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services, p 670.

* Poveda BD, Schwitzer DA (1964) Estudio biológico del Prodenia ornithogalli Guen. y del Prodenia sunia (Guen.) en três hospedeiros. Acta Agronômica 14(1), 71-101.

* Robinson GS, Ackery PR, Kitching IJ, Beccaloni GW, Hernández LM (2010) HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosts

* Tietz HM (1972) An index to the described life histories, early stages and hosts of the Macrolepidoptera of the continental United States and Canada, 536 pp.
Stralarivirus fragariae (SLRSV0) Host
Prodiplosis longifila (PRDILO) Major host
* Valiente JR, Quispe SP, Tapia WE, Julca-Otiniano AM, Saenz MA, Sanchez TR (2020) Prodiplosis longifila Gagné (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) crop in Chavimochic Irrigation Project. Peruvian Journal of Agronomy 4(3):75-81.
------- confirmed host.

* Valarezo O, Cañarte E, Navarrete B, Arias M (2003) [Prodiplosis longifila (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) main tomato pest in Ecuador.] Manual 51, INIAP, Ecuador. (in Spanish).