EPPO Global Database

Cenchrus purpureus(PESPU)

Pests

Organism Type
Aleurodicus dispersus (ALEDDI) Host
* Boopathi T (2022) New host plants, natural enemy complex and newly distributed potential areas of exotic spiralling whitefly (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in India. Phytoparasitica 50(2), 335-357.
Erwinia chrysanthemi (ERWICH) Host
Haplaxius crudus (MYNDCR) Host
* Howard FW (1989) Evaluation of six species of grasses as breeding hosts of Myndus crudus, a vector of lethal yellowing of palms. Proceedings of the 25th Annual Meeting of the Caribbean Food Crops Society vol. XXV, 433-438.
------- Nymph host.
Homalodisca vitripennis (HOMLTR) Host
* Hoddle MS, Triapitsyn SV, Morgan DJW (2003) Distribution and plant association records for Homalodisca coagulata (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in Florida. Florida Entomologist 86(1), 89-91.
Spodoptera eridania (PRODER) Host
* Montezano DG, Specht A, Sosa-Gomez DR, Roque-Specht VF & de Barros NM (2014) Immature stages of Spodoptera eridania (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae): developmental parameters and host plants. Journal of Insect Science 14, 238. https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieu232
Spodoptera frugiperda (LAPHFR) Host
* Montezano DG, Specht A, Sosa-Gómez DR, Roque-Specht VF, Sousa-Silva JC, Paula-Moraes SV, Peterson JA, Hunt T (2018) Host plants of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in the Americas. African Entomology 26, 286-300.
Xanthomonas albilineans (XANTAB) Host
* Meng JY, Ntambo MS, Luo LM, Huang MT, Fu HY, Gao SJ (2019) Molecular identification of Xanthomonas albilineans infecting elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum) in China. Crop Protection 124, 104853.
Busseola fusca (BUSSFU) Wild/Weed
Chilo partellus (CHILZO) Wild/Weed