EPPO Global Database

Eotetranychus lewisi(EOTELE)

Distribution details in Ecuador

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2021: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2016
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2020/033) : first found in October 2016 in the experimental fields of the Universidad Técnica de Ambato (province of Tungurahua), on Arracacia xanthorrhiza (Apiaceae) and Tropaeolum tuberosum (Tropaeolaceae).

EPPO Reporting Service (2020/207) : also recorded on Rubus glaucus in the province of Tungurahua.
References
* Sánchez M, Colmenárez Y, Manobanda M, Vásquez C (2021) Chaetotaxic variation in Tetranychus urticae Koch, 1836 and Eotetranychus lewisi (Mc Gregor, 1943) populations (Acari: Tetranychidae) from different crops and locations in Province of Tungurahua, Ecuador. Revista Chilena de Entomología 47(1), 19-33.
------- On Rubus glaucus in Tungurahua province.

* Vásquez C, Dávila M, Telenchana N, Mangui J, Navas D (2017) [First report of Eotetranychus lewisi in the Andean region from Ecuador on Arracacia xanthorrhiza (white carrot), Tropaeolum tuberosum (mashua)]. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 88(4), 992-994 (in Spanish). http://revista.ib.unam.mx/index.php/bio/article/view/2093/1618
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Colombia Present, no details view...
Peru Present, no details view...