Coffea
(coffee)

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Identity

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Preferred Scientific Name

• Coffea L.

Preferred Common Name

• coffee

International Common Names

• Spanish: cafeto
• French: café; caféier
• Arabic: bunn

Local Common Names

• Cambodia: kafee
• Indonesia: kopi
• Philippines: kapé
• Thailand: kafae
• Vietnam: cà phê

EPPO code

• COFSS (Coffea sp.)

Taxonomic Tree

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• Domain: Eukaryota
•     Kingdom: Plantae
•         Phylum: Spermatophyta
•             Subphylum: Angiospermae
•                 Class: Dicotyledonae
•                     Order: Gentianales
•                         Family: Rubiaceae
•                             Genus: Coffea

List of Pests

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Major host of:

Acalolepta cervina (coffee longhorn); Acanthacris ruficornis; Achaea catocaloides; Acrocercops zamenopa; Acromyrmex octospinosus (leaf cutting ant); Ageratum conyzoides (billy goat weed); Agrotis ipsilon (black cutworm); Amaranthus retroflexus (redroot pigweed); Anoplolepis gracilipes (yellow crazy ant); Antestiopsis intricata (antestia bug); Anurogryllus abortivus; Apate tenebrans (twig borer); Apogonia cribricollis (chafer beetle); Araecerus fasciculatus (cocoa weevil); Archips micaceanus (soyabean leafroller); Ascochyta tarda (leaf blight of coffee); Asterolecanium coffeae (star scale); Asterolecanium pustulans (akee fringed scale); Atta cephalotes (leaf cutting ant); Atta insularis; Atta mexicana; Atta sexdens (leaf cutting ant); Bradybaena similaris; Brevipalpus phoenicis (false spider mite); Carpophilus bifenestralis; Cephaleuros virescens (algal spot of coffee); Cephonodes hylas (coffee hawkmoth); Cephonodes picus; Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean fruit fly); Ceratitis rosa (Natal fruit fly); Ceratocystis fimbriata (Ceratocystis blight); Ceratocystis paradoxa (black rot of pineapple); Chalcocelis albiguttatus; Cheromettia lohor; Chromolaena odorata (Siam weed); Coccus viridis (soft green scale); Coffee Oil Spot Virus (oil spot of coffee); Coffee ringspot virus (coffee ringspot); Commelina diffusa (spreading dayflower); Coptotermes (termites); Corticium koleroga (thread blight); Criconemella (ring nematode); Cryptolestes pusillus (flat grain beetle); Cryptostigma secreta; Cryptothelea fuscescens; Cyperus rotundus (purple nutsedge); Dactyloctenium aegyptium (crowfoot grass); Dasychira inclusa; Digitaria abyssinica (East African couchgrass); Digitaria insularis (sourgrass); Dirphya nigricornis (yellow headed borer); Drymaria cordata (tropical chickweed); Dyscinetus picipes; Dysmicoccus neobrevipes (grey pineapple mealybug); Ecthoea quadricornis; Epicampoptera marantica (tailed caterpillar); Erythricium salmonicolor (pink disease); Euphorbia hirta (garden spurge); Ferrisia virgata (striped mealybug); Galinsoga parviflora (gallant soldier); Gascardia brevicauda (white waxy scale); Geococcus coffeae (coffee root mealybug); Glomerella cingulata (anthracnose); Gonocephalum (false wireworm); Gonocephalum simplex (dusty brown beetle); Habrochila ghesquierei (coffee lace-wing bug); Habrochila placida (coffee lace-wing bug); Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis (black tea thrips); Hemileia coffeicola (powdery rust of coffee); Homona coffearia (tea tortrix); Howardia biclavis (mining scale); Hyposidra talaca; Hypothenemus hampei (coffee berry borer); Icerya samaraia (steatococcus scale); Ischnaspis longirostris (black thread scale); Lachnopus buchanani (leaf weevil); Lachnopus coffeae (leaf weevil); Lamprocapsidea coffeae (coffee capsid); Lamprosema crocodora (coffee pyralid); Lantana camara (lantana); Lepidiota stigma (sugarcane white grub); Leptoglossus gonagra (squash bug); Leucopholis rorida (white grub); Longidorus (longidorids); Macroplectra nararia (nettle grub); Meloidogyne enterolobii (Pacara earpod tree root-knot nematode); Meloidogyne exigua (coffee root-knot nematode); Meloidogyne incognita (root-knot nematode); Meloidogyne mayaguensis; Microtermes (termites); Mikania micrantha (bitter vine); Momordica charantia (bitter gourd); Mycosphaerella coffeicola (brown eye spot of coffee); Myrmelachista ambigua var. ramulorum; Myrothecium roridum (blight: eggplant); Myrothecium verrucaria (myrothecium blotch); Nicandra physalodes (apple of Peru); Nipaecoccus viridis (spherical mealybug); Oligonychus coffeae (tea red spider mite); Oligonychus yothersi (avocado red mite); Oreta extensa; Orgyia postica (cocoa tussock moth); Orphulella punctata; Orthogeomys chirrie; Oxalis corniculata (creeping woodsorrel); Oxalis latifolia (sorrel); Pachnaeus azurescens (citrus weevil); Paracoccus marginatus (papaya mealybug); Parasa vivida (stinging caterpillar); Parasaissetia nigra (pomegranate scale); Parthenium hysterophorus (parthenium weed); Paspalum conjugatum (buffalo grass); Perileucoptera coffeella (coffee leaf miner); Phellinus noxius (brown tea root disease); Phthirusa adunca; Phyllophaga (white grubs); Phytomonas leptovasorum (coffee phloem necrosis); Plagiohammus maculosus (coffee borer); Planococcus kenyae (coffee mealybug); Planococcus lilacinus (cacao mealybug); Polygonum hydropiper (marsh pepper); Pratylenchus brachyurus (root-lesion nematode); Pratylenchus coffeae (banana root nematode); Pseudaonidia trilobitiformis (trilobite scale); Pseudococcus (mealybug); Pseudococcus comstocki (Comstock mealybug); Pulvinaria ficus (guava mealy scale); Pyralis manihotalis; Radopholus arabocoffeae; Radopholus similis (burrowing nematode); Rastrococcus iceryoides (mango mealy bug); Rosellinia arcuata (black root rot of tea); Rosellinia bunodes (black root rot); Rosellinia coffeicola (coffee root rot); Rosellinia pepo (black root rot); Saccharum spontaneum (wild sugarcane); Saissetia coffeae (hemispherical scale); Saissetia oleae (olive scale); Scapteriscus didactylus (Puerto Rican mole cricket); Sclerotium coffeicola; Selenaspidus articulatus (West Indian red scale); Selenothrips rubrocinctus (red-banded thrips); Senecio vulgaris; Setaria verticillata (bristly foxtail); Setora nitens (coconut nettle caterpillar); Solanum nigrum (black nightshade); Solenopsis geminata (tropical fire ant); Spodoptera litura (taro caterpillar); Stauropus alternus (lobster caterpillar); Stegobium paniceum (drugstore beetle); Thosea lutea; Thosea sinensis (assam nettle, grub); Tirathaba ruptilinea; Toxoptera aurantii (camellia aphid); Toxoptera odinae (mango aphid); Trichodorus (stubby root nematodes); Trirhithrum coffeae (coffee fruit fly); Tropidacris dux; Veronicella cubensis (Cuban slug); Xiphinema (dagger nematode); Xiphinema americanum (dagger nematode); Xylosandrus morigerus (brown twig beetle); Zeuzera coffeae (coffee carpenter); Zonocerus elegans (elegant grasshopper); Zonocerus variegatus (variegated grasshopper)

Minor host of:

Aleurocanthus woglumi (citrus blackfly); Aleurodicus dispersus (whitefly); Amaranthus spinosus (spiny amaranth); Antestiopsis orbitalis (Antestia); Argemone mexicana (Mexican poppy); Armillaria mellea (armillaria root rot); Aspergillus niger (black mould of onion); Athelia rolfsii (sclerotium rot); Axonopus compressus (carpet grass); Ceroplastes ceriferus (Indian wax scale); Ceroplastes destructor (white wax scale); Ceroplastes rubens (red wax scale); Crassocephalum crepidioides (redflower ragleaf); Cryptoblabes gnidiella (citrus pyralid); Cylas puncticollis (sweet potato weevil); Darna trima (nettle caterpillar); Dialeurodes citri (citrus whitefly); Diaprepes abbreviatus (citrus weevil); Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. vasinfectum (Fusarium wilt); Galium aparine (cleavers); Ganoderma philippii (tea root rot); Helicotylenchus multicinctus (banana spiral nematode); Hypothenemus obscurus (tropical nut borer); Icerya aegyptiaca (breadfruit mealybug); Icerya seychellarum (Seychelles scale); Imperata cylindrica (cogon grass); Insignorthezia insignis (greenhouse orthezia); Maconellicoccus hirsutus (pink hibiscus mealybug); Megathyrsus maximus (Guinea grass); Meloidogyne hapla (root knot nematode); Meloidogyne izalcoensis; Mycena citricolor (American leaf spot of coffee); Nomadacris septemfasciata (red locust); Osmilia flavolineata; Panonychus ulmi (European red spider mite); Papuana huebneri (taro beetle); Papuana woodlarkiana; Parabemisia myricae (bayberry whitefly); Parasa lepida (nettle caterpillar); Pectobacterium atrosepticum (potato blackleg disease); Pennisetum purpureum (elephant grass); Planococcoides njalensis (west African cocoa mealybug); Planococcus citri (citrus mealybug); Polyphagotarsonemus latus (broad mite); Pratylenchus loosi (root lesion nematode); Pseudococcus longispinus (long-tailed mealybug); Pseudomonas syringae pv. garcae (bacterial blight of coffee); Pulvinaria psidii (green shield scale); Radopholus duriophilus; Raphanus raphanistrum (wild radish); Rigidoporus microporus (white root disease of rubber); Rosellinia necatrix (dematophora root rot); Setaria parviflora (knotroot foxtail); Solanum torvum (turkey berry); Sorghum halepense (Johnson grass); Stellaria media (common chickweed); Synedrella nodiflora (synedrella); Tagetes minuta (stinking Roger); Thanatephorus cucumeris (many names, depending on host); Thysanoplusia orichalcea (slender burnished brass moth); Tribulus terrestris (puncture vine); Veronica persica (creeping speedwell); Xiphinema ifacolum (dagger nematode); Xylosandrus crassiusculus (Asian ambrosia beetle); Xylotrechus quadripes (coffee stem borer)

Wild host of:

Helicotylenchus dihystera (common spiral nematode); Hemileia vastatrix (coffee leaf rust); Xylella fastidiosa (Pierce's disease of grapevines)

Associated with (not a host):

Anisopteromalus calandrae; Aspergillus fumigatus; Azya orbigera; Cephalonomia gallicola; Chilocorus cacti; Cladosporium oxysporum (seedlings blight of passion fruit); Closterocerus cinctipennis; Delphastus pusillus; Encyrtus infelix; Eretmocerus serius; Euderus lividus; Horismenus cupreus; Lecanicillium lecanii (mycoparasite of aphids, whitefly and Puccinia spp.); Lecaniobius cockerelli; Leptomastix dactylopii; Mirax insularis; Mycosphaerella tassiana (antagonist of Botrytis cinerea); Paragus borbonicus; Pratylenchus vulnus (walnut root lesion nematode); Prorops nasuta; Pseudodoros clavatus (blue-black syrphid fly)

Host of (source - data mining):

Ahasverus advena (foreign grain beetle); Anagyrus inopus; Brevipalpus obovatus (scarlet tea mite); Ceratitis anonae (fruit fly, annona); Cerococcus ornatus; Coloborrhis corticina; Dacus frontalis; Epicampoptera ivoirensis; Epicampoptera strandi; Eupterote fabia; Eupterote mollifera (hairy caterpillar); Euschistus heros (Neotropical brown stink bug); Fidicina pronoe; Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. coffeae; Gibberella stilboides (bark disease: coffee); Gryllus assimilis (field cricket); Helicotylenchus erythrinae (spiral nematode); Icerya pattersoni; Maconellicoccus ugandae; Macroposthonia xenoplax; Megalopyge lanata; Melinis minutiflora (molasses grass); Myrmicaria brunnea; Oiketicus kirbyi; Orthezia praelonga (croton bug); Oxydia vesulia; Phoma costarricensis (leaf blight: coffee); Planococcus minor (passionvine mealybug); Poria hypolateritia (root disease: tea); Pseudomonas syringae (bacterial blast); Quesada gigas; Retithrips syriacus (black vine thrips); Rothschildia orizaba (orizaba, silkmoth); Rotylenchulus reniformis (reniform nematode); Technomyrmex albipes (white-footed ant); Xyleborus lecontei

Uses List

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Animal feed, fodder, forage

• Fodder/animal feed

Drugs, stimulants, social uses

• Miscellaneous drugs, stimulants and social uses

Fuels

• Miscellaneous fuels

Human food and beverage

• Beverage base
• Honey/honey flora

Medicinal, pharmaceutical

• Source of medicine/pharmaceutical