EPPO Global Database

Tetranychus evansi(TETREV)

Distribution details in France

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2011: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2004
Comments
Alpes-Maritimes, Pyrénées-Orientales, and Var (EPPO, 2009).
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 Alpes-Maritimes, Pyrénées-Orientales and Var; on Solanum nigrum, S. quitoense, Physalis origanifolia and tomatoes.

* EPPO (2009) Pest Risk Analysis for Tetranychus evansi. EPPO, Paris, 47 pp.

* Migeon A (2005) Un nouvel acarien ravageur en France: Tetranychus evansi Baker & Pritchard. Phytoma - La défense des Végétaux no. 579, 38-43.

* 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, 199-212.
------- First found in 2004, outbreak in October 2007 on tomatoes near Nice.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Italy Present, few occurrences view...
Reunion Present, no details view...
Spain Islas Canárias Present, no details view...
Spain Islas Baleares Absent, unreliable record view...
Spain Present, few occurrences view...