EPPO Global Database

Tetranychus evansi(TETREV)

Distribution details in South Africa

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2011: Present, no details
First recorded in: 1985
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2004/080) .

Present in Eastern Cape Province, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo (Northern Province), Mpumalanga, North West Province, Northern Cape Province.
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.
------- Specimen from Rietondale (Pretoria) on Solanum panduraeforme.

* Knapp, M.; Saunyama, I.G.M.; Sarr, I.; de Moraes, G.J. (2003) Tetranychus evansi in Africa – Status, distribution, damage and control options. Abstract of a paper presented at the Deutscher Tropentag, Göttingen, DE, 2003-10-08/10. http://www.tropentag.de/2003/proceedings/node105.html

* 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(3), 199-212.
-------- First found in 1985.