Oncid ID: Tool for Diagnosing Adult Twig Girdlers (Cerambycidae: Lamiinae: Onciderini)

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Host Plants

More than 50 different woody plant families have been recorded as hosts for twig girdlers, including many economically and agriculturally important species such as avocado, cocoa, coffee, guava, grape, peach, pecan, and sweet potato. The list below was compiled from Monné, 2005 and several other sources.

Acanthaceae (Avicennia)
Achatocarpaceae (Achatocarpus)
Anacardiaceae (Mangifera)
Annonaceae (Rollinia)
Apocynaceae (Couma, Forsteronia, Mandevilla, Odontadenia)
Aquifoliaceae (Ilex)
Araliaceae (Schefflera)
Asteraceae (Baccharis, Grindelia, Tessaria)
Bignoniaceae (Jacaranda)
Bombacaceae (Ceiba)
Boraginaceae (Patagonula)
Burseraceae (Bursera)
Caesalpiniaceae (Bahuinia, Caesalpinia, Delonix, Parkinsonia, Peltophorum)
Casuarinaceae (Casuarina)
Celastraceae (Maytenus)
Chenopodiacea (Sarcobatus)
Chrysobalanaceae (Chrysobalanus, Licania)
Clusiaceae (Symphonia)
Convolvulaceae (Ipomoea)
Cucurbitaceae (Sechium)
Cupressaceae (Cupressus)
Cyatheaceae (Cyathea)
Ebenaceae (Diospyros)
Elaeocarpaceae (Sloanea)
Euphorbiaceae (Croton, Mabea, Sapium)
Fagaceae (Quercus)
Flacourtiaceae (Carpotroche)
Humiriaceae (Vantanea)
Julianaceae (Amphipterygium)
Lauraceae (Nectandra, Ocotea, Persea)
Lecythidaceae (Couratari, Gustavia, Lecythis)
Malvaceae (Abutilon, Gossypium, Sphaeralcea)
Melastomataceae (Leandra, Miconia)
Meliaceae (Cedrela)
Mimosaceae (Abarema, Acacia, Albizia, Balizia, Cathormion, Enterolobium, Inga, Leucaena, Mimosa, Samanea)
Moraceae (Brosimum, Ficus)
Myristicaceae (Virola)
Myrsinaceae (Myrsina)
Myrtaceae (Eucalyptus, Eugenia, Myrciaria, Psidium, Syzygium)
Nyctaginaceae (Pisonia)
Papilionaceae (Cajanus, Dalbergia, Lonchocarpus, Machaerium, Myroxylon, Piscidia)
Pinaceae (Pinus)
Platanaceae (Platanus)
Poaceae (Guadua)
Polygonaceae (Triplaris)
Proteaceae (Grevillea)
Rhamnaceae (Condalia)
Rosaceae (Eriobotrya, Malus, Prunus, Pyrus, Rosa)
Rubiaceae (Coffea)
Rutaceae (Citrus)
Salicaceae (Populus, Salix)
Sapindaceae (Nephelium)
Solanaceae (Cestrum)
Sterculiaceae (Theobroma)
Ulmaceae (Celtis)
Urticaceae (Urera)
Vitaceae (Vitis)

Male Oncideres ulcerosa with girdled branch
(from Duffy, 1960)