EPPO Global Database

Asparagus sp.(ASPSS)

Pests

Organism Type
Scirtothrips dorsalis (SCITDO) Doubtful host
* EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) Schrader G, Camilleri M, Diakaki M & Vos S (2019) Pest survey card on Scirtothrips aurantii, Scirtothrips citri and Scirtothrips dorsalis. EFSA supporting publication 2019, 16(2) EN‐1564, 21 pp. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2903/sp.efsa.2019.EN-1564
-------intercepted in consignments of Asparagus from Thailand
Brevipalpus yothersi (BRVPYO) Host
* Aguilar-Piedra H, Solano-Guevara AM (2020) Nuevos hospederos y registros de ácaros fitófagos para Costa Rica: período 2013-2018. Agronomía Costarricense, 44(1), 9-28.
------- ornamental species of asparagus.
Ceratitis capitata (CERTCA) Host
* De Meyer M., Copeland RS, Lux SA, Mansell M, Quilici S, Wharton R, White IM, Zenz NJ (2002) Annotated check list of host plants for Afrotropical fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of the genus Ceratitis. Zoologische Documentatie Koninklijk Museum voor Midden Afrika 27, 1-91.
Halyomorpha halys (HALYHA) Host
* Wermelinger B, Wyniger D, Forster B (2008) First records of an invasive bug in Europe: Halyomorpha halys Stål (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), a new pest on woody ornamentals and fruit trees? Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 81, 1-8.
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.
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.
Thaumatotibia leucotreta (ARGPLE) Host
* Kirkman W & Moore S (2007) A study of alternative hosts for the false codling moth, Thaumatotibia leucotreta in the Eastern Cape. SA Fruit Journal (apr/may): 33-38.
------- Asparagus crassicladus
Tetranychus evansi (TETREV) Wild/Weed
* Aucejo S, Foo M, Gimeno E, Gomez-Cadenas A, Monfort R, Obiol F, Prades E, Ramis M, Ripolles JL, Tirado V, Zaragoza L, Jacas JA, Martinez-Ferrer MT (2003) Management of Tetranychus urticae in citrus in Spain: acarofauna associated to weeds. Bulletin OILB/SROP, 26: 213-220.