EPPO Global Database

Pontederia crassipes(EICCR)

Pests

Organism Type
Pomacea canaliculata (POMACA) Host
* Wong PK, Liang YAN, Liu NY, Qiu JW (2010) Palatability of macrophytes to the invasive freshwater snail Pomacea canaliculata: differential effects of multiple plant traits. Freshwater Biology 55(10), 2023-2031.
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.

* Heppner JB (2007) Lepidoptera of Florida. Part 1. Introduction and catalog. Gainesville, Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services, p 670.
Colletotrichum fructicola (COLLFC) Wild/Weed
* EFSA PLH Panel (EFSA Panel on Plant Health), Bragard C, Dehnen-Schmutz K, Di Serio F, Gonthier P, Jacques M-A, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas-Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Thulke H-H, Van der Werf W, Civera AV, Yuen J, Zappala L,  Migheli Q, Vloutoglou I, Campese C, Maiorano A, Streissl F, Reignault PL (2021) Scientific Opinion on the pest categorisation of Colletotrichum fructicola. EFSA Journal 19(8), 6803, 41 pp
Pomacea maculata (POMAIN) Wild/Weed
* Burks RL, Hensley SA, Kyle CH (2011) Quite the appetite: juvenile island apple snails (Pomacea insularum) survive consuming only exotic invasive plants. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77(4), 423-428.

* Burlakova LE, Karatayev AY, Padilla DK, Cartwright LD, Hollas DN (2009) Wetland restoration  and invasive species: Apple snail (Pomacea insularum) feeding on native and invasive aquatic plants. Restoration Ecology 17, 433-440.