Viruses (entomopathogens)

Diseases of pests • Beneficials/natural enemies

Rods (R) of the Oryctes rhinoceros nudivirus in the nucleus of a fatbody cell of a rhinoceros beetle larva (NM = nuclear membrane).
Author: Alois Huger

entomopathogenic viruses

This group includes virus diseases of arthropod pests which have been used or have a potential for microbial control.

The following families are currently in the system:

• Alphatetraviridae (1 species)
• Ascoviridae (2 species)
• Baculoviridae (42 species)
• Dicistroviridae (1 species)
• Flaviviridae (insect-specific)

• Hytrosaviridae (2 species)
• Iridoviridae (3 species)
• Nudiviridae (3 species)
• Poxviridae (2 species)
• Spinareoviridae (1 species)