EPPO Global Database

Ficus microcarpa(FIUMI)

Pests

Organism Type
Aleurothrixus trachoides (ALTRTR) Host
Anoplophora chinensis (as Ficus) (ANOLCN) Host
* Sjöman H, Östberg J & Nilsson J (2014) Review of host trees for the wood-boring pests Anoplophora glabripennis and Anoplophora chinensis: an urban forest perspective. Arboriculture & Urban Forestry 40(3), 143–164.
Aonidiella citrina (as Ficus) (AONDCI) Host
Apriona cinerea (as Ficus) (APRICI) Host
* Singh AP, Bhandari RS, Verma TD (2004) Important insect pests of poplars in agroforestry and strategies for their management in northwestern India. Agroforestry Systems 63, 15–26.

* Singh P, Prasad G (1985) Poplar stem borer, Apriona cinerea Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) its biology, ecology and control. Indian
Forester 111(7), 517-524.
Bactrocera dorsalis (DACUDO) Host
* Allwood AJ, Chinajariyawong A, Kritsaneepaiboon S, Drew RAI, Hamacek EL, Hancock DL, Hengsawad C, Jinapin JC, Jirasurat M, Krong CK, Leong CTS, Vijaysegaran S (1999) Host plant records for fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Southeast Asia. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 47(7), 1-92.
Ceroplastes ceriferus (CERPCE) Host
* Łabanowski GS (2017) The threat of greenhouse horticultural crops by pests. Zeszyty Naukowe Instytutu Ogrodnictwa, 25, 39-56. (in Polish with English abstract).
Ceroplastes ceriferus (as Ficus) (CERPCE) Host
Ceroplastes floridensis (as Ficus) (CERPFL) Host
Cryphalus dilutus (CRYHDI) Host
* Johnson AJ, Li Y, Mandelshtam MY, Park S, Lin C-S, Gao L, Hulcr J (2020) East Asian Cryphalus Erichson (Curculionidae, Scolytinae): new species, new synonymy and redescriptions of species. ZooKeys 995, 15-66. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.995.55981
Eutetranychus orientalis (as Ficus) (EUTEOR) Host
Euwallacea fornicatus sensu lato (XYLBFO) Host
* Schuler H, Witkowski R, van de Vossenberg B, Hoppe B, Mittelbach M, Bukovinszki T, Schwembacher S, van de Meulengraaf B, Lange U, Rode S, Andriolo A (2022) Recent invasion and eradication of two members of the Euwallacea fornicatus species complex (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) from tropical greenhouses in Europe. Biological Invasions. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-022-02929-w
Euwallacea kuroshio (as Ficus) (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
Fiorinia phantasma (as Ficus) (FIORCO) Host
Icerya seychellarum (ICERSE) Host
* Compton SG, Stavrinides M, Kaponas C, Thomas PJ (2020) No escape: most insect colonisers of an introduced fig tree in Cyprus come from the plant’s native range. Biological Invasions, 22, 211–216. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-019-02132-4
Opogona sacchari (as Ficus) (OPOGSC) Host
* van der Gaag DJ, van der Straten M, Ramel JM, Baufeld P , Schrader G (2013) Pest Risk Analysis for Opogona sacchari. Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority. 48 pp. Available at https://pra.eppo.int/pra/2823b66f-ce73-48eb-8272-082124412092.
------- intercepted in consignments of plants for planting.
Parasaissetia nigra (as Ficus) (SAISNI) Host
Paratachardina silvestri (PTACLO) Host
Ripersiella hibisci (as Ficus) (RHIOHI) Host
Singhiella simplex (SINLSI) Host
* Ahmed MZ, McKenzie CL, Revynthi AM, Evans GA, Mottern JL, Mannion CM, Osborne LS (2022) Pest status, survey of natural enemies, and a management plan for the whitefly Singhiella simplex (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in the United States. Journal of Integrated Pest Management, 13(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1093/jipm/pmac007

* Mannion C, Osborne L, Hunsberger A, Mayer H,  Hodges G (2008) Ficus whitefly: a new pest in south Florida. The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 3 pp.

* Myartseva SN, Coronado-Blanco JM, Ruíz-Cancino E (2013) [First records of 'ficus whitefly' Singhiella simplex (Singh, 1931) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) for Tamaulipas and Nayarit, México]. Dugesiana 20(2), 81-82 (in Spanish).

* NPPO of Cyprus (2014-11).
------- See EPPO RS 2014/213.
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.
Greenidea ficicola (GREEFI) Major host
* Bella S, Aguiar AF (2020) Non-native insect pests from the Madeira archipelago (Portugal): new records and further data (Insecta: Orthoptera; Thysanoptera; Hemiptera; Coleoptera; Diptera; Lepidoptera; Hymenoptera). Fragmenta Entomologica 52(2), 369-376. https://doi.org/10.13133/2284-4880/469
Josephiella microcarpae (JOSEMI) Major host
* Bella S, Aguiar AF (2020) Non-native insect pests from the Madeira archipelago (Portugal): new records and further data (Insecta: Orthoptera; Thysanoptera; Hemiptera; Coleoptera; Diptera; Lepidoptera; Hymenoptera). Fragmenta Entomologica 52(2), 369-376. https://doi.org/10.13133/2284-4880/469

* Compton SG, Stavrinides M, Kaponas C, Thomas PJ (2020) No escape: most insect colonisers of an introduced fig tree in Cyprus come from the plant’s native range. Biological Invasions, 22, 211–216. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-019-02132-4
Macrohomotoma gladiata (MAHOGL) Major host
* Mifsud D (2020) The jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera : Psylloidea) of the Maltese Islands. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Malta, 11, 103-117.