Medina, J.A., & Kondo, T. 2012 Listado taxonómico de organismos que afectan la pitaya amarilla, Selenicereus megalanthus (K. Schum. ex Vaupel) Moran (Cactaceae) en Colombia (Taxonomic list of organisms that affect yellow pitaya, Selenicereus megalanthus (K. Schum. ex Vaupel) Mor. Ciencia y Tecnología Agropecuaria 13(1): 41-46
Notes: A list of organisms associated with yellow pitaya crop, Selenicereus megalanthus (K. Schum. ex Vaupel) Moran in Colombia is provided. The main pests of yellow pitaya in Colombia are the flower-bud fly Dasiops saltans Townsend (Diptera: Lonchaeidae) and Leptoglossus zonatus (Dallas) (Hemiptera: Coreidae). In this study we report 29 organisms affecting yellow pitaya: 4 Classes, i.e., Arachnida (1 sp.), Aves (1 sp.), Gastropoda (2 spp.), Insecta (25 spp.), distributed in 8 Orders and 14 Families.