EPPO Global Database

Ligustrum sp.(LIGSS)

Pests

Organism Type
Aonidiella citrina (as Ligustrum) (AONDCI) Host
Cacoecimorpha pronubana (TORTPR) Host
* Bradley JD, Tremewan WG, Smith A (1973) British tortricoid moths. Cochylidae and Tortricidae: Tortricinae. The Ray Society, London, 251 pp.

* Castresana L, Notario A, Iglesias C (1996) Nota sobre un tortrícido, Cacoecimorpha pronubana (Hüber), que ataca a los pinos. Boletin de Sanidad Vegetal Plagas, 22(2), 469-473.
Homalodisca vitripennis (HOMLTR) Host
* Adlerz WC (1980) Ecological observations on two leafhoppers that transmit the Pierce’s disease bacteria. Proceedings of the Florida State Horticultural Society 93, 115-120.
------- Nymphs were observed on this plant.

* Turner WF, Pollard HN (1959) Life histories and behavior of five insect vectors of phony peach disease. United States Department of Agriculture, Technical Bulletin 1188, 28 pp.
-------- Oviposition and feeding host.
Lopholeucaspis japonica (LOPLJA) Host
* Shrewsbury PM, Harding NM, Rojas MS & Gill S (2013) Japanese maple scale: Woody ornamental host plants. UMD Extension Publication EBR-18 2013. https://extension.umd.edu/sites/extension.umd.edu/files/publications/Japanese%20Maple%20Scale%20%282%29.pdf [Accessed February 15, 2023].
Luperomorpha xanthodera (as Ligustrum) (LUPMXA) Host
Meloidogyne enterolobii (MELGMY) Host
* Brito JA, Kaur R, Cetintas R, Stanley JD, Mendes ML, Powers TO, Dickson DW (2010) Meloidoygne spp. infecting ornamental plants in Florida. Nematropica 40, 87-103.
Naupactus xanthographus (as Ligustrum) (NAUPXA) Host
* Lanteri A, del Río MG (2017) Naupactus xanthographus (Germar) species group (Curculionidae: Entiminae: Naupactini): a comprehensive taxonomic treatment. Journal of Natural History 51, 27-28.
------- reported as hosts but evidence is lacking that they are true hosts (i.e. support completion of full life cycle).
Oemona hirta (OEMOHI) Host
* Lu W, Wang Q (2005) Systematics of the New Zealand longicorn beetle genus Oemona Newman with discussion of the taxonomic position of the Australian species, O. simplex White (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae). Zootaxa 971, 1-31.

* Plant-SyNZ. Landcare Research (NZ). Host plants of a herbivore -Oemona hirta. http://plant-synz.landcareresearch.co.nz/index.asp). Last accessed 2021-06.
Phymatotrichopsis omnivora (PHMPOM) Host
* Anonymous (1960) Index of Plant Diseases in the United States. Agriculture Handbook no 165, USDA-ARS (US) 531 pp.
Privet yellow mosaic agent (as Ligustrum) (PYM000) Host
Scirtothrips dorsalis (SCITDO) Host
* Klassen W, Seal DR, Ciomperlik MA, Fieslemann DA (2008) The chilli thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis: current status in the Greater Caribbean Region. Proceeedings of the Caribbean food crops society,  44(1), 103-117.
-------  reproductive host in Florida.