EPPO Global Database

Melochia pyramidata(MEOPY)

Pests

Organism Type
Chloridea virescens (HELIVI) Host
* Hallman GJ (1980) Huéspedes y enemigos naturales de Heliothis spp., en la región algodonera del Departamento del Tolima, Colombia. Turrialba 30(3), 272-279.

* Hallman GJ (1984) Quantification of the relative importance of 12 uncultivated hosts of Heliothis virescens (Fabricius) using field data. Insect Science and its Application 5(6), 465-468.

* Kogan M, Helm CG, Kogan J, Brewer E (1989) Distribution and economic importance of Heliothis virescens and Heliothis zea in North, Central, and South America and of their Natural Enemies and Host Plants. pp 241-297 In Proceedings of the Workshop on Biological Control of Heliothis: Increasing the effectiveness of natural enemies. USDA.

* EPPO (2024) EPPO Technical Document No. 1091. Pest risk analysis for Chloridea virescens. EPPO, Paris. Available at https://gd.eppo.int/taxon/HELIVI/documents
------- Main host (evidence that the plant supports populations of the pest in several generations or years, i.e. true hosts, or plant mentioned as common or preferred host – see PRA for further details on the host)