Brevipalpus obovatus (scarlet tea mite)

Identity

Preferred Scientific Name

• Brevipalpus obovatus Donnadieu

Preferred Common Name

• scarlet tea mite

Other Scientific Names

• Brevipalpus bioculatus
• Brevipalpus inornatus (Banks)
• Tenuipalpus bioculatus
• Tenuipalpus inornatus
• Tenuipalpus obovatus
• Tenuipalpus pseudocuneatus

International Common Names

• English: privet mite; scarlet, mite
• Spanish: acaro de la lepra explosiva (Arg); falsa aranuela de la vid (Arg)
• French: acarien orange du théier

Local Common Names

• Germany: Milbe, Orangefarbene Tee-; Spinnmilbe, Rote Gewaechshaus-
• Netherlands: Oranje thee mijt

EPPO code

• BRVPOB (Brevipalpus obovatus)

Taxonomic Tree

• Domain: Eukaryota
•     Kingdom: Metazoa
•         Phylum: Arthropoda
•             Subphylum: Chelicerata
•                 Class: Arachnida
•                     Subclass: Acari
•                         Superorder: Acariformes
•                             Suborder: Prostigmata
•                                 Family: Tenuipalpidae
•                                     Genus: Brevipalpus
•                                         Species: Brevipalpus obovatus

Distribution Table

The distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report.

Host plants/Plants Affected

Natural Enemies

References

Aguilar H, Murillo P, 2012. New hosts and records of plant feeding mites for Costa Rica: interval 2008-2012. (Nuevos hospederos y registros de ácaros fitófagos para Costa Rica: período 2008-2012.) Agronomía Costarricense, 36(2):11-28. http://www.mag.go.cr/rev_agr/index.html

APPPC, 1987. Insect pests of economic significance affecting major crops of the countries in Asia and the Pacific region. Technical Document No. 135. Bangkok, Thailand: Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific region (RAPA).

CIE, 1988. Distribution Maps of Pests. Series A, No. 128. Wallingford, UK: CAB International.

Gupta SK, Shreya Mitra, 2014. First report of mites (Acari) occurring on orchids and lichens in West Bengal, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 114(4):525-528.

Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería Servicio Fitosanitario del Estado (Costa Rica), 2009. Listado de Plagas (insectos y ácaros) en cultivos de importancia económica en Costa Rica (C). http://www.protecnet.go.cr/laboratorios/plagcul/cultivoc.htm

Poderoso JCM, Ribeiro GT, Navia D, Gonçalves GB, Correia-Oliveira ME, 2009. First report in Latin America of basil (Ocimum basilicum L., 1753) (Lamiaceae) as a host plant to the mite Brevipalpus obovatus Donnadieu, 1933 (Tenuipalpidae). (Primeiro registro na América Latina do manjericão (Ocimum basilicum L., 1753) (Lamiaceae) como hospedeiro do ácaro Brevipalpus obovatus Donnadieu, 1933 (Tenuipalpidae).) Revista Brasileira de Plantas Medicinais, 11(4):473-475. http://www.ibb.unesp.br/servicos/publicacoes/rbpm/HTML/sumarios.htm

Schotman CYL, 1989. Plant pests of quarantine importance to the Caribbean. RLAC-PROVEG, No. 21:80 pp.

Distribution Maps

• = Present, no further details
• = Evidence of pathogen
• = Widespread
• = Last reported
• = Localised
• = Presence unconfirmed
• = Confined and subject to quarantine
• = See regional map for distribution within the country
• = Occasional or few reports

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