EPPO Global Database

Selenicereus monacanthus(HCRMO)

Pests

Organism Type
Bactrocera correcta (BCTRCO) Host
* Le Due K, Le Quang K, Nguyen TT, Vu VT, Vu TT, Shanmugam V, Pereira R (2016) Area-wide suppression of Bactrocera fruit flies in dragon fruit orchards in Binh Thuan, Viet Nam. InProceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Fruit Flies of Economic Importance, 12-16 May 2014, Bangkok, Thailand 2016 (pp. 93-100). International Fruit Fly Steering Committee.
------- as Hylocereus polyrhizus,.
Cactoblastis cactorum (CACTCA) Host
* Hoshino AT, Androcioli HG, Caviglione JH, Auler PA, Menezes-Junior AO (2021) First Record of Cactoblastis cactorum berg, 1885 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in Hylocereus lemairei (hook.) britton & rose and H. costaricensis (FAC weber) britton & rose (cactaceae) in Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Biology 82, e238020.
Colletotrichum fructicola (COLLFC) Host
* Evallo E, Taguiam Jd, Bengoa J, Maghirang R, Balendres MA (2021) First report of Colletotrichum fructicola, causing anthracnose of Hylocereus plants, in the Philippines. Czech Mycology 73(1), 79-90.
Margarodes vitis (as Cactaceae) (MARGVI) Host
* Giliomee J, de Klerk C & Watson GW (2022) 3.3.4 Margarodes spp. In: Encyclopedia of Scale Insect Pests (Eds Kondo T & Watson GW), pp. 69-73. CAB International, Wallingford (UK).
Meloidogyne enterolobii (as Selenicereus) (MELGMY) Host
* Gitonga D, Kassam R, Lasa MA, Hajihassani A (2024) First report of Meloidogyne enterolobii infecting dragon fruit, Hylocereus spp., in the United States. New Disease Reports 50(1), e12297. https://doi.org/10.1002/ndr2.12297
Opogona sacchari (as Cactaceae) (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.
Ripersiella hibisci (as Cactaceae) (RHIOHI) Host
* Suffert M, Chérasse S, Ouvrard D (2024) New host plant records for Ripersiella hibisci (Hemiptera: Rhizoecidae) following recent outbreaks in Europe. EPPO Bulletin 54(2), 147-150.
Spodoptera ornithogalli (as Cactaceae) (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.

* Hunt J (1957) List of intercepted plant pests, 1956. USDA, ARS, Plant Quarantine Division. Washington, USDA, p 63,