EPPO Global Database

Oligonychus perseae(OLIGPA)

Distribution details in Portugal

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2024: Present, restricted distribution
From CABI Pest map 714 (2008): Present, restricted distribution
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2021/096) : spread further North and caused significant damage on avocado (Persea americana) in the region of Óbidos (Centro region).

Also found in the Azores (Terceira Island).
References
* Boieiro M, Varga-Szilay Z, Costa R, Crespo L, Leite A, Oliveira R, Pozsgai G, Rego C, Calado H, Teixeira M, Lopes DH, Soares A, Borges PAV (2024) New findings of terrestrial arthropods from the Azorean Islands. Biodiversity Data Journal 12, e136391. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e136391
------- Azores (Terceira Island).

* Borges PAV, Aguiar AMF, Boieiro M, Carles-Tolra M, Serrano ARM (2008) List of arthropods. In: A list of the terrestrial fungi, flora and fauna of Madeira and Selvagens archipelagos (eds. Borges PAV, Abreu C, Aguiar AMF, Carvalho P, Jardim R, Melo I, Oliveira P, Sérgio C, Serrano ARM, Vieira P). Direcção Regional do Ambiente da Madeira and Universidade dos Açores, Funchal and Angra do Heroísmo, 440 pp.
------- 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. https://doi.org/10.24349/acarologia/20214437
------- Also on the mainland, first recorded in Algarve in 2006 and in Estemadura (Obidos region) in 2020.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Spain Islas Canárias Present, no details view...
Spain Present, restricted distribution view...