EPPO Global Database

Margarodes greeni(MARGGR)

Hosts

Important note about the classification of host plants in GD:
Categories have been assigned by the EPPO Secretariat on the basis of available data at the time of entry. They correspond to a qualitative evaluation of the importance of the host plant for the pest concerned and remain indicative only.
Further explanation of categories is available in the guide.
Organism Type
Vitis vinifera (VITVI) Major host
* Brain CK (1915) The Coccoidea of South Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 5(2), 65-194.

* De Klerk CA (1985) Occurrence of South African species of Margarodes Guilding (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Margarodidae) with special reference to vine infesting species. Phytophylactica 17(4), 215-216.
Cenchrus clandestinus (PESCL) Wild/Weed
* de Klerk CA (1978) Morphology and taxonomy of the South African species of the genus Margarodes (Hemiptera: Margarodidea), with detailed studies on the biology of two vine infesting species. PhD thesis, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. 
Malus domestica (MABSD) Host
* de Klerk CA (1978) Morphology and taxonomy of the South African species of the genus Margarodes (Hemiptera: Margarodidea), with detailed studies on the biology of two vine infesting species. PhD thesis, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. 
Vaccinium hybrids (VACHY) Host
* Personal communication with Elleunorah Allsopp (ARC Infruitec-Nietvoorbij Fruit, Vine and Wine Institute, South Africa, 2022).
------- Recorded on roots of Southern highbush bluberry section Cyanococcus cv. 'Suziblue'  apparently not causing damage.