EPPO Global Database

Ceratonia siliqua(CEQSI)

Pests

Organism Type
Aleurocanthus spiniferus (ALECSN) Host
* Cioffi M, Cornara D, Corrado I, Jansen MGM & Porcelli F (2013) The status of Aleurocanthus spiniferus from its unwanted introduction in Italy to date. Bulletin of Insectology 66, 273-281.

* Nugnes F, Laudonia S, Jesu G, Jansen MGM, Bernardo U, Porcelli F (2020) Aleurocanthus spiniferus (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in some European countries: diffusion, hosts, molecular characterization, and natural enemies. Insects 11(1), 42. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11010042
------- Confirmed host.
Aonidiella orientalis (AONDOR) Host
* Ben-Dov Y (2012) The scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of Israel-checklist, host plants, zoogeographical considerations and annotations on species. Israel Journal of Entomology. 41(42), 21-48.
Ceroplastes floridensis (CERPFL) Host
* Gugliuzzo A, Mazzeo G, Mansour R, Tropea Garzia G (2019) Carob pests in the Mediterranean region: bio-ecology, natural enemies and management options. Phytoparasitica 47, 605-628.
Chrysomphalus aonidum (CHRYFI) Host
* Gugliuzzo A, Mazzeo G, Mansour R, Tropea Garzia G (2019) Carob pests in the Mediterranean region: bio-ecology, natural enemies and management options. Phytoparasitica 47, 605-628.
Icerya seychellarum (ICERSE) Host
* Sánchez-García I, Pérez-Gómez A (2020) First records of Icerya seychellarum [Westwood, 1855] [Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Monophlebidae] from the iberian peninsula, and new associated species. Revista de la Sociedad Gaditana de Historia Natural 14,  53-55.
Maconellicoccus hirsutus (PHENHI) Host
* Gugliuzzo A, Mazzeo G, Mansour R, Tropea Garzia G (2019) Carob pests in the Mediterranean region: bio-ecology, natural enemies and management options. Phytoparasitica 47, 605-628.
Oligonychus perseae (OLIGPA) Host
* Naves P, Nóbrega F, Auger P (2021) Updated and annotated review of Tetranychidae occurring in mainland Portugal, the Azores, and Madeira Archipelagos. Acarologia 61(2), 380-393.
Phymatotrichopsis omnivora (PHMPOM) Host
* Anonymous (1960) Index of Plant Diseases in the United States. Agriculture Handbook no 165, USDA-ARS (US) 531 pp.
Pseudococcus viburni (PSECOB) Host
* Gugliuzzo A, Mazzeo G, Mansour R, Tropea Garzia G (2019) Carob pests in the Mediterranean region: bio-ecology, natural enemies and management options. Phytoparasitica 47, 605-628.
Xylosandrus compactus (XYLSCO) Host
* Gugliuzzo A, Criscione G, Tropea Garzia G (2019) Unusual Behavior of Xylosandrus compactus (Coleoptera: Scolytinae) on Carob Trees in a Mediterranean Environment. Insects 10, 82.
------- Confirmed host, also attack large trunks in Sicilia.

* Gugliuzzo A, Mazzeo G, Mansour R, Tropea Garzia G (2019) Carob pests in the Mediterranean region: bio-ecology, natural enemies and management options. Phytoparasitica 47, 605-628.

* Vannini A, Contarini M, Faccoli M, Della Valle M, Rodriguez CM, Mazzetto, Guarneri D, Vettraino AM, Speranza S (2017) First report of the ambrosia beetle Xylosandrus compactus and associated fungi in the Mediterranean maquis in Italy, and new host-pest associations. EPPO Bulletin 47(1), 100-103. https://doi.org/10.1111/epp.12358
Xylosandrus crassiusculus (XYLBCR) Host
* Gugliuzzo A, Mazzeo G, Mansour R, Tropea Garzia G (2019) Carob pests in the Mediterranean region: bio-ecology, natural enemies and management options. Phytoparasitica 47, 605-628.
Xylosandrus germanus (XYLBGE) Host
* Riba‐Flinch JM, Garreta A, Aymamí A, Lumbierres B, Mas H, Gallego D(2022) Current status and first detection of Xylosandrus germanus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in live trees in the Iberian Peninsula. EPPO Bulletin 52(2), 463-470.