Oligonychus yothersi (avocado red mite)

Identity

Preferred Scientific Name

• Oligonychus yothersi McGregor

Preferred Common Name

• avocado red mite

Other Scientific Names

• Aligonychus yothersi
• Oligonychus major
• Paratetranychus major
• Paratetranychus yothersi (McG.)
• Tetranychus major
• Tetranychus yothersi

International Common Names

• English: avocado, red mite
• Spanish: acaro del cafeto; acaro rojo del aguacate; arana voga; aranita del cafe (Colombia); arañita roja del aguacate; aranuela; aranuela roja de la vid (Arg)
• French: acarien rouge de l'avocatier

EPPO code

• PARTYO (Oligonychus yothersi)

Taxonomic Tree

• Domain: Eukaryota
•     Kingdom: Metazoa
•         Phylum: Arthropoda
•             Subphylum: Chelicerata
•                 Class: Arachnida
•                     Subclass: Acari
•                         Superorder: Acariformes
•                             Suborder: Prostigmata
•                                 Family: Tetranychidae
•                                     Genus: Oligonychus
•                                         Species: Oligonychus yothersi

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

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

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

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

Sheikholeslamzadeh S, Sadeghi H, 2010. First records of four mite species (Acari: Tetranychidae) in Iran. Applied Entomology and Phytopathology, 78(1):Pe121-Pe125. http://www.sid.ir/en/JournalList.asp?ID=306&Name=APPLIED+ENTOMOLOGY+AND+PHYTOPATHOLOGY

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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