EPPO Global Database

Stenoma catenifer(STENCA)

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
Persea americana (PEBAM) Major host
* Hoddle MK, Hoddle CA (2012) Surveys for Stenoma catenifer (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae) and associated parasitoids infesting avocados in Peru. Journal of Economic Entomology 105(2), 402-409.

* Hoddle MK, Hoddle CA (2008) Bioecology of Stenoma catenifer (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae) and associated larval parasitoids reared from Hass avocados in Guatemala. Journal of Economic Entomology 101(3), 692-698.
Chlorocardium rodiei (OCORO) Host
* Cervantes Peredo, L, Lyal CHC, Brown VK (1999) The stenomatine moth, Stenoma catenifer Walsingham: a pre-dispersal seed predator of greenheart (Chlorocardium rodiei (Schomb.) Rohwer, Richter & van der Werff) in Guyana. Journal of Natural History 33(4),531-542.
Cinnamomum camphora (CINCA) Host
* Link D, Link FM (2008) [Identification of host plants of the avocado borer, Stenoma catenifer Walsingham (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae) in Rio Grande do Sul]. Neotropical Entomology 37(3), 342-344 (in Portuguese).
Nectandra angustifolia (NCTPO) Host
* Link D, Link FM (2008) [Identification of host plants of the avocado borer, Stenoma catenifer Walsingham (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae) in Rio Grande do Sul]. Neotropical Entomology 37(3), 342-344 (in Portuguese).
------- As Nectandra megapotamica.
Persea schiedeana (PEBSC) Host
* Martínez-Ortega J, Luna-Sámano A, González-Hernández H (2023) New Record of Stenoma Catenifer at Hueytamalco, Puebla, Mexico. Southwestern Entomologist 48(3), 733-736 (abst.).