Citrus Peelminer Host List 2001-02
This list has been developed with the expert
assistance of Kris Godfrey (California Department of Food and Agriculture
Biological Control Program) and Dennis Haines (Tulare County Agricultural
Commissioners Office), Charlie Summers (Dept. of Entomology, UC Davis, stationed
at the Kearney Ag Center) and Richard Molinar (UCCE Fresno). It is based on observations of infested plants in
Fresno, Tulare, and Kern County during 2001-02. The hosts below belong
> 31
different families of plants.
*Plant hosts with heavy infestations of peelminer.
Crop
Host List
Almond - stems
Acorn winter squash (Cucurbita pepo)- fruit (see photos below)
Angled Luffa (Luffa actuangula) - fruit
Apple – incidental on fruit
Apricot - stems
Avocado – stems and fruit
Cherry - stems
*Citrus (all varieties) – fruit and stems (see photos below)
*Cotton – stems and bolls (see photos below)
*Cowpeas – stems and petioles
*Eggplant – fruit (see
photos below)
Fig - stems and fruit (see photos below)
*Grape – stems, petiole, tendril, bunch rachis, and berries (see photos below)
Kiwi - stems
Moqua (Benincasa hispida) - fruit
Olive - fruit (see photos below)
Papaya - fruit
Peach/Nectarine – stems
*Peppers – stems and fruit (see photos below)
Pistachios
- stems and hulls
*Plum/prune
– stems and fruit
Pomegranate
– fruit
*Pumpkin
– fruit
Squash
– fruit
Snake Gourd (Trichosanthes anguina) - fruit
Walnut
– stems and husk (see
photos below)
Watermelon – fruit
*Zucchini - fruit
Abutilon - stems
Ash
(Fraxinus uhdei.) – stems
Bougainvillea - stems
Chitalpa
(Chilopsis X Catalpa) – stems
Deutzia gracilis - stems
English
Laurel (Prunus laurocerasus) – stems
Euonymus
– stems
Flowering Pear - stems
Forsythia - stems
Gardenia veitchii - stems
Gourd - fruit
*Grecian
Laurel (Laurus nobilis) – stems
Hibiscus – stems
Hydrangea
– stems
Itea - stems
*Japanese
Maple (Acer palmatum) – stems
Mandevilla
– stems
Mulberry
(Morus albus) – stems
*Oleander
– stems and leaves
Pachysandra
– stems
Photinia - stems
Poinsettia - stems
Poplar
sp. – stems
Red Maple (Acer rubrum) - stems
Rose - stems
Saucer
Magnolia (Magnolia soulangiana) –
stems
Star Jasmin (Trachelospermum) - stems
Sweet Potato "Terrace Lime" - stems and petioles
Sycamore - stems
Trumpet vine (Campsis) - stems
Tupelo
(Nyssa sylvtica) – stems
*Willows
– stems
*Wisteria
– stems
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Brunfelsia magnifica) - stems
Weeds
*Amaranthus
hybridus
(Green Amaranth) – stems
Chenopodium
murale (Nettleleaf
Goosefoot) – stems
Ipomoea
hederacea (Ivyleaf
Morningglory) – stems
*Ipomoea
purpurea
(Tall Morningglory) – stems
Malva parviflora (Cheeseweed) - stems
Nicotiana glauca (Tree Tobacco) – stems
Portulaca
oleracea (Purslane)
– stems
Photos
Bell Peppers
Citrus fruit, stems and leaves, all varieties, although some varieties it attacks more successfully (pummelos, grapefruit, Fukomoto, T.I. and Atwood navels).
Cotton stems and bolls
Eggplant fruit
Fig stems and fruit
Grape stems and fruit
Olive fruit
Various Vegetables
Walnut husks
