EPPO Global Database

Jatropha gossypiifolia(IATGO)

Pests

Organism Type
Begomovirus solanumdelhiense (as Jatropha) (TOLCND) Host
* Moriones E, Praveen S, Chakraborty S (2017) Tomato Leaf Curl New Delhi Virus: an emerging virus complex threatening vegetable and fiber crops. Viruses 9(10), 264; https://doi.org/10.3390/v9100264.
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.

* Wilson CE (1923) Insect pests of cotton in St. Croix and means of combating them. Virgin Island Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 3, 20 pp.
Prodiplosis longifila (PRDILO) Non-host
* Kolesik P, Kumaran N, Oleiro M, Goñalons CM, Brookes D, Cabrera Walsh G, Dhileepan K (2022) Prodiplosis hirsuta Kolesik sp. nov., a new species of gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) feeding on shoot tips of Jatropha (Euphorbiaceae) in South America. Austral Entomology 61(1), 37-48.
------- the species collected on Jatropha species in Bolivia and Paraguay by Dhileepan et al.(2017) has been identified as a new Prodiplosis species, Prodiplosis hirsuta.

* Dhileepan K, Neser S, Rumiz D, Raman A, Sharma A (2017) Host associations of gall-inducing Prodiplosis longifila (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) from Bolivia: Implications for its use as a biological control agent for Jatropha gossypiifolia (Euphorbiaceae). Florida Entomologist, 100(4), 777-786. https://doi.org/10.1653/024.100.0402