EPPO Global Database

Eotetranychus lewisi(EOTELE)

Distribution details in Portugal

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2022: Present, restricted distribution
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present, under eradication, only in some parts of the Member State concerned (2020-11)
From CABI Pest map 612 (2000): Present, restricted distribution
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2020/246) : in Madeira detected on E. pulcherrima in small gardens or on the side of road. Under eradication.

EPPO Reporting Service (2021/014) : detected on the mainland (Algarve region) in a flower bed in a private yard. Under eradication.
References
* Carmona MM (1992) Acaros fitofagos e predadores da Ilha da Madeira - II Boletin de Sanidad Vegetal, Plagas, 18: 469-482.
------- First record for Madeira.

* 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; DOI 10.24349/acarologia/20214437
------- Portimão, Loulé on mainland.

* Naves P, Auger P, Migeon A, Navia D, Aguiar A, Santos M (2022) The invasive Lewis spider mite, Eotetranychus lewisi (Acari: Tetranychidae), in Europe—current status and associated risk. Zoosymposia 22, 70.
------- established populations in Algavre, only on poinsettia.

* NPPO of Portugal (2018-03, 2018-07, 2019-08, 2020-11).

* Vacante V (2010) Review of the phytophagous mites collected on citrus in the world. Acarologia 50(2), 221-241.