EPPO Global Database

Diabrotica virgifera virgifera(DIABVI)

Hosts

Important note about the classification of host plants in GD:
Categories have been assigned by the EPPO Secretariat on the basis of available data at the time of entry. They correspond to a qualitative evaluation of the importance of the host plant for the pest concerned and remain indicative only.
Further explanation of categories is available in the guide.
Organism Type
Zea mays (ZEAMX) Major host
* Branson TF, Ortman EE (1970) The host range of larvae of the western corn rootworm: further studies. Journal of Economic Entomology 63(3), 800-803.
Cenchrus americanus (PESGL) Host
* Fora CG, Lauer KF (2013) Host plants for the Western corn rootworm Diabrotica virgifera virgifera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Romanian Agricultural Research 30, 291-295.
------- As Setaria glauca.
Digitaria sanguinalis (DIGSA) Host
* Fora CG, Lauer KF (2013) Host plants for the Western corn rootworm Diabrotica virgifera virgifera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Romanian Agricultural Research 30, 291-295.
Echinochloa crus-galli (ECHCG) Host
* Fora CG, Lauer KF (2013) Host plants for the Western corn rootworm Diabrotica virgifera virgifera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Romanian Agricultural Research 30, 291-295.
Elymus repens (AGRRE) Host
* Fora CG, Lauer KF (2013) Host plants for the Western corn rootworm Diabrotica virgifera virgifera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Romanian Agricultural Research 30, 291-295.
Setaria verticillata (SETVE) Host
* Fora CG, Lauer KF (2013) Host plants for the Western corn rootworm Diabrotica virgifera virgifera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Romanian Agricultural Research 30, 291-295.
Setaria viridis (SETVI) Host
* Fora CG, Lauer KF (2013) Host plants for the Western corn rootworm Diabrotica virgifera virgifera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Romanian Agricultural Research 30, 291-295.