EPPO Global Database

Ixora chinensis(IXRCH)

Pests

Organism Type
Cephonodes hylas (as Rubiaceae) (CEPOHY) Host
Ceroplastes stellifer (as Ixora) (VINSST) Host
Maconellicoccus hirsutus (PHENHI) Host
* Martins dos S. D, Fornazier MJ, Peronti ALBG, Culik MP, Souza CAS, Taques RC, Zanuncio Jr JS, Queiroz RB (2019) Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in Brazil: recent spread, natural enemies, and new hosts. Florida Entomologist 102(2), 438-443.  https://doi.org/10.1653/024.102.0225
------- Confirmed host in Brazil.
Maconellicoccus hirsutus (as Ixora) (PHENHI) Host
* Chang LWH, Miller CE (1996) Pathway Risk Assessment: Pink mealybug from the Caribbean. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture 61 pp.
Meloidogyne enterolobii (MELGMY) Host
* Wu C, Chen Q, Wei C, Wang H, Cheng DJ, Wu HY. (2022) First report of Meloidogyne enterolobii infecting Ixora chinensis in China. Plant Disease. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-11-21-2602-PDN.
------- confirmed host.
Spodoptera ornithogalli (as Ixora) (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.