Hemitarsonemus tepidariorum(HEMTTE)
Distribution details in United States of America
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2016: Present, restricted distribution
EPPO Reporting Service (2016/054) : observed in Minnesota on Polystichum sp. in 1929, and in California (San Francisco Bay) on Pteris cretica, P. argyraea, and P. ensiformis in the 1950s. No recent records could be found.
* Ewing HE (1939) A revision of the mites of the subfamily Tarsoneminae of North America, the West Indies and the Hawaiian Islands. USDA Technical Bulletin no. 653, 64 pp.
* Pritchard AE (1951) The fern mite: a newly recognized pest on California ferns readily controlled by treatment with proper chemicals. California Agriculture July, p 10.
* Pritchard AE (1951) The fern mite: a newly recognized pest on California ferns readily controlled by treatment with proper chemicals. California Agriculture July, p 10.