EPPO Global Database

Baccharis halimifolia(BACHA)

Pests

Organism Type
Ceroplastes stellifer (as Baccharis) (VINSST) Host
Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi (DIABUH) Host
* Clark SM, LeDoux DG, Seeno TN, Riley EG, Gilbert AJ, Sullivan JM (2004) Host plants of leaf beetle species occurring in the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae, Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Coleopterists Society, Special Publication 2, 1-476.
------- Larval host.
Euwallacea kuroshio (as Baccharis) (EUWAKU) Host
* Smith SM, Gomez DF, Beaver RA, Hulcr J, Cognato AI (2019) Reassessment of the species in the Euwallacea fornicatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) complex after the rediscovery of the ‘lost’ type specimen. Insects 10, 261. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects10090261
Nemorimyza maculosa (AMAZMA) Host
* Eiseman CS, Lonsdale O (2018) New state and host records for Agromyzidae (Diptera) in the United States, with the description of thirty new species. Zootaxa 4479 (1), 1-156. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4479.1.1

* Hudson EE and Stiling P (1997) Exploitative competition strongly affects the herbivorous insect community on Baccharis halimifolia. Oikos, 79, 521-528. doi:10.2307/3546896 

* Stegmaier CE Jr (1967) Some new host plant records and parasites of Phytobia (Amauromyza) maculosa in Florida (Diptera: Agromyzidae). Florida Entomologist 50(2), 99-101.
Phenacoccus miruku (PHENMK) Host
* Powell EC, Deeter LA, Moore MR, Ahmed MZ & Miller DR (2024) Taxonomy, hosts, and distribution of an emerging invasive mealybug, Phenacoccus miruku (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae), in Florida. Florida Entomologist 107(s1), 20240024. https://doi.org/10.1515/flaent-2024-0024
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.

* Palmer WA (1987) The phytophagous insect fauna associated with Baccharis halimifolia L. and B. neglecta Britton in Texas, Louisiana, and northern Mexico. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 89, 185-199.

* 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
Xylella fastidiosa (XYLEFA) Host
* EFSA (2024) Update of the Xylella spp. host plant database – Systematic literature search up to 31 December 2023. EFSA Journal 22, e8898. https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.2903/j.efsa.2024.8898
------- Subspecies (multiplex) and undetermined.
Xylella fastidiosa subsp. multiplex (XYLEFM) Host
* EFSA (2024) Update of the Xylella spp. host plant database – Systematic literature search up to 31 December 2023. EFSA Journal 22, e8898. https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.2903/j.efsa.2024.8898
------- Xylella fastidiosa subsp. multiplex.
Homalodisca vitripennis (HOMLTR) Wild/Weed
* Adlerz WC (1980) Ecological observations on two leafhoppers that transmit the Pierce’s disease bacteria. Proceedings of the Florida State Horticultural Society 93, 115-120.
------- Adults and nymphs were observed on this plant.
Liriomyza trifolii (LIRITR) Wild/Weed
* Stegmaier CEJ (1966) Host plants and parasites of Liriomyza trifolii in Florida (Diptera: Agromyzidae). Florida Entomologist 49(2), 75-80.