EPPO Global Database

Tetranychus evansi(TETREV)

Distribution details in Portugal (Madeira)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2011: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2004
References
* Boubou A, Migeon A, Roderick GK, Navajas M (2011) Recent emergence and worldwide spread of the red tomato spider mite, Tetranychus evansi: genetic variation and multiple cryptic invasions. Biological Invasions 13(1), 81-92.
------- Specimens collected from Funchal on tomatoes.

* Hurtado MA, Ansaloni T, Cros-Arteil S, Jacas JA, Navajas M (2008) Sequence analysis of the ribosomal internal transcribed spacers region in spider mites (Prostigmata: Tetranychidae) occurring in citrus orchards in Eastern Spain: use for species discrimination. Annals of Applied Biology 153(2), 167-174.
------- Specimens collected from Madeira.

* Migeon A, Ferragut F, Escudero-Colomar LA, Fiaboe K, Knapp M, de Moraes GJ, Ueckermann E, Navajas M (2009) Modelling the potential distribution of the invasive tomato red spider mite, Tetranychus evansi (Acari: Tetranychidae). Experimental and Applied Acarology 48(3), 199-212.
-------- First found in 2004.

* Naves P, Nóbrega F, Auger P (2021) Updated and annotated review of Tetranychidae occurring in mainland Portugal, the Azores, and Madeira Archipelagos. Acarologia 61(2): 380-393
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Spain Islas Canárias Present, no details view...
Spain Islas Baleares Absent, unreliable record view...
Spain Present, few occurrences view...