EPPO Global Database

Aculops lycopersici(VASALY)

Vector of

Important note on vectors:
Information on vectors and their associated pathogens is a new feature of the database (April 2023). Data will gradually be entered by the EPPO Secretariat and will focus on regulated (quarantine) pests.
Organism Type
Blunervirus solani (TOFBV0) Known vector
* Bertin S, Sybilska A, Luigi M, Tarchi F, Goggioli D, Taglienti A, Luison D, Faggioli F, Simoni S, Lewandowski M, Tiberini A (2025) Transmission of tomato fruit blotch virus by the tomato russet mite: epidemiological implications for an emerging/re-emerging tomato disease. Scientific Reports 15(1),12079. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-97142-9 
------- confirmed vector

* Luigi M, Tiberini A, Taglienti A, Bertin S, Dragone I, Sybilska A, Tarchi F, Goggioli D, Lewandowski M, Simoni S, Faggioli F (2024) Molecular methods for the simultaneous detection of Tomato Fruit Blotch Virus and identification of tomato russet mite, a new potential virus–vector system threatening Solanaceous crops worldwide. Viruses 16(5), 806. https://doi.org/10.3390/v16050806
------- potential vector