EPPO Global Database

Sida rhombifolia(SIDRH)

Pests

Organism Type
Tetranychus mexicanus (as Sida) (TETRME) Doubtful host
* EPPO (2023) Pest risk analysis for Tetranychus mexicanus. EPPO, Paris
------- uncertain host (see PRA for details)

* Migeon A & Dorkeld F (2022) Spider Mites Web. A comprehensive database for the Tetranychidae. http://www1.montpellier.inra.fr/CBGP/spmweb
Chloridea virescens (HELIVI) Host
* 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
------- Likely host (reported as host in the literature but lacking evidence to consider it as main host – see PRA for further details on the host).
Megalurothrips usitatus (MEGTUS) Host
* Reyes CP (1994) Thysanoptera (Hexapoda) of the Philippine Islands. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 42(2), 107-507.
Meloidogyne ethiopica (MELGET) Host
* Gomes CB, Carbonari JJ, Medina IL, Lima DL (2005) [Survey of Meloidogyne ethiopica in kiwi in Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, and its association with Nicotiana tabacum and Sida rhombifolia]. Abstract of a paper presented at the XXV Congresso Brasileiro de Nematologia (Piracicaba, BR, 2005-02-13/18). Nematologia Brasileira 29(1), p 114.
------- In Frederico Westphallen (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil).

* Bellé C, Ramos RF, Balardin RR, Nora DD & Kaspary TE (2020) Host weed species range of Meloidogyne ethiopica whitehead (Tylenchida: Meloidogynidae) found in Brazil. European Journal of Plant Pathology 156(3), 979-985.
-------In experiments, it was found to be a good host (RF>=1).

* Lima-Medina I, Somavilla L, Carneiro R M D G & Gomes C B (2013) Species of Meloidogyne associated with fig (Ficus carica) and host weeds. Nematropica 43, 56–62.
Orthotospovirus tomatomaculae (TSWV00) Host
* Mullis S, Martinez-Ochoa N (2009) Non-crop hosts of TSWV. In  Mullis SW (ed.) Tospoviruses in Solanaceae and other crops in the coastal plain of Georgia. University of Georgia, CAES Bulletin 1354, 51 p.
------- Confirmed host.
Phymatotrichopsis omnivora (PHMPOM) Host
* Anonymous (1960) Index of Plant Diseases in the United States. Agriculture Handbook no 165, USDA-ARS (US) 531 pp.
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/ieu272
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.
Tapajosa rubromarginata (TAPARU) Host
* Paradell SL, Virla EG, Logarzo GA, Dellapé G (2012) Proconiini Sharpshooters of Argentina, with notes on its distribution, host plants, and natural enemies. Journal of Insect Science 12, 116. http://www.insectscience.org/12.116
Xylella fastidiosa (XYLEFA) Host
* EFSA (2024) Update of the Xylella spp. host plant database – Systematic literature search up to 31 December 2023. EFSA Journal 22, e8898. https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.2903/j.efsa.2024.8898
------- Subspecies unknown.
Homalodisca vitripennis (HOMLTR) Wild/Weed
* 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.
------- Adults and nymphs were observed on this plant.
Prodiplosis longifila (as Sida) (PRDILO) Wild/Weed
* Valarezo O, Cañarte E, Navarrete B, Arias M (2003) [Prodiplosis longifila (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) main tomato pest in Ecuador.] Manual 51, INIAP, Ecuador. (in Spanish)