EPPO Global Database

Opuntia atrispina(OPUAT)

Pests

Organism Type
Begomovirus cucurbitapeponis (SLCV00) Host
* Fontenele RS, Bhaskara A, Cobb IN, Majure LC, Salywon AM, Avalos-Calleros JA, Argüello-Astorga GR, Schmidlin K, Roumagnac P, Ribeiro SG, Kraberger S (2021) Identification of the begomoviruses squash leaf curl virus and watermelon chlorotic stunt virus in various plant samples in North America. Viruses 13(5), 810. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13050810
Begomovirus cucurbitapeponis (as Opuntia) (SLCV00) Host
* Fontenele RS, Bhaskara A, Cobb IN, Majure LC, Salywon AM, Avalos-Calleros JA, Argüello-Astorga GR, Schmidlin K, Roumagnac P, Ribeiro SG, Kraberger S (2021) Identification of the begomoviruses squash leaf curl virus and watermelon chlorotic stunt virus in various plant samples in North America. Viruses 13(5), 810. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13050810
------- including Opuntia andersoni, O. arenaria, O. atrispina, O. aureispina, O. bravoana, O. chaffeyi, O. guatemalensis, O. karwinskiana, O. puberula
Erwinia chrysanthemi (as Opuntia) (ERWICH) Host
Maconellicoccus hirsutus (as Opuntia) (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.
Margarodes vitis (as Cactaceae) (MARGVI) Host
* Giliomee J, de Klerk C & Watson GW (2022) 3.3.4 Margarodes spp. In: Encyclopedia of Scale Insect Pests (Eds Kondo T & Watson GW), pp. 69-73. CAB International, Wallingford (UK).
Opogona sacchari (as Cactaceae) (OPOGSC) Host
* van der Gaag DJ, van der Straten M, Ramel JM, Baufeld P , Schrader G (2013) Pest Risk Analysis for Opogona sacchari. Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority. 48 pp. Available at https://pra.eppo.int/pra/2823b66f-ce73-48eb-8272-082124412092.
------- intercepted in consignments of plants for planting.
Ripersiella hibisci (as Cactaceae) (RHIOHI) Host
* Suffert M, Chérasse S, Ouvrard D (2024) New host plant records for Ripersiella hibisci (Hemiptera: Rhizoecidae) following recent outbreaks in Europe. EPPO Bulletin 54(2), 147-150.
Spodoptera ornithogalli (as Cactaceae) (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.

* Hunt J (1957) List of intercepted plant pests, 1956. USDA, ARS, Plant Quarantine Division. Washington, USDA, p 63,
Cactoblastis cactorum (as Opuntia) (CACTCA) Major host