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Table 2 Economically important plants attacked by phasmids (by geography)

From: The worldwide status of phasmids (Insecta: Phasmida) as pests of agriculture and forestry, with a generalised theory of phasmid outbreaks

Continent

Country

Locality

Host plant

Species

References

Asia

China

Guangdong Province

Castanopsis fissa

Micadina yingdensis

[119]

  

Jilin Province

Unknown

Ramulus minutidentatus

[123]

   

Tilia mandshurica

Ramulus minutidentatus

[136]

  

Shaanxi Province

Various

Ramulus pingliense

[9]

  

Gansu Province

Fagus sp.

Rosa domestica

Ramulus pingliense

[4]

  

Guangxi Autonomous Region

Castanopsis cuspidata

Castanopsis hicklii

Sinophasma maculicruralis,

Sinophasma pseudomirabile

[4]

  

Hubei Province

Orange orchards

(241 hectares, loss of over 2100 tons of fruit)

Unknown

[115]

 

India

Thenmala, Kerala, Western Ghats

Black Pepper

Piper nigrum

Sipyloidea stigmata

[18]

 

Malay Peninsular

 

“Gutta-percha”

Lonchodes brevipes

[135]

 

Philippines

 

Gabing San Fernando

Xanthosoma sagittifolia

Eubulides taylori

[106]

   

Mango

Mangifera indica

Trachyaretaon echinatus

Pharnacia magdiwang

[106]

   

Guava

Psidium guajava

Trachyaretaon echinatus

Rhamphosipyloidea philippa

Pharnacia magdiwang

[106]

   

Pandan

Pandanus sp.

Megacrania batesi (?)

[106]

   

Rosal

Gardenia jasminoides

Mnesilochus mindanaense

[106]

   

Pili

Canarium ovatum

Pharnacia ponderosa

[106]

   

Kalumpit

Terminalia microcarpa

Pharnacia ponderosa

[106]

   

Agoho

Casuarina equisetifolia

Phasmotaenia elongata

[106]

 

Solomon Islands

 

Coconut

Cocos nucifera

Ophicrania leveri

[26]

North America

USA

Wisconsin

Montmorency sour cherry

Prunus cerasus

Diapheromera femorata

[44]

  

West Virginia

Black Locust

Robinia pseudoacacia

Hackberry

Celtis sp.

Diapheromera femorata

[74]

  

New York

Black, red and chestnut-oaks

Diapheromera femorata

[65]

  

New York

Locust

Diapheromera femorata

[66]

  

Michigan

Oaks

Diapheromera femorata

[70]

  

Iowa

Hazel, oak

Diapheromera femorata

[24]

South America

Colombia

El Tambo

Pinis patula

Libethroidea inusitata

[126]

Oceania

Australia

South-East

Eucalyptus spp.

Didymuria violescens

[7]

   

Eucalyptus spp.

Podacanthus wilkinsoni

[7]

  

New South Wales

 

Anchiale austrotesselata

[48]

  

near Brisbane

 

Anchiale austrotessulata

[88]

 

Cook Islands

Atiu

Coconut

Cocos nucifera

Graeffea crouanii

[47]

 

Fiji

 

Coconut

Cocos nucifera

Graeffea crouanii

[46, 94, 95]

    

Hermarchus pythonius

[95]

   

Miscanthus floridulus

Graeffea crouanii

[97]

 

Micronesia

Tonga

Pandanus tectorius

Graffea crouanii

[25]

 

Papua New Guinea

Northern (Oro) Province, Higaturu

Northern (Oro) Province, Saiho Division (Tunana)

“Oil palm”

Eurycantha insularis

[114]

  

West New Britain, Malilimi Plantation (New Britain Palm Oil)

“Oil palm”

Eurycantha calcarata

[112]

 

Samoa

 

Cocos nucifera

Graeffea minor

[130]

 

Samoa

 

Cocos nucifera

Graeffea crouanii

[93]

  1. Check all host plant reports are in here and vice versa
  2. Question mark indicates potential ambiguities that are discussed in the text in the case of Phasmid species. In the case of plant species they are the likely scientific name based on vernacular names given in the reference