| Species: | Tetranychus neocaledonicus | |
| Genera: | Tetranychus | |
| Family: | Tetranychidae | |
| Distribution: | Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Comoros, Congo, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, France, Senegal, Seychelles, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, USA, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga, Bahamas, Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, China, India, Malaysia, Japan, Pakistan, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Spain, Egypt, Iran | |
| Host Crops: | More than 450 crops are recorded belonging to families Acanthaceae, Agavaceae, Aizoaceae, Alliaceae, Amaranthaceae, Anacardiaceae, Annonaceae, Apiaceae (Umbelliferae), Apocynaceae, Araceae, Araliaceae, Arecaceae (Palmae), Asclepiadaceae, Asteraceae, Balsaminaceae, Bignoniaceae, Bombacaceae, Boraginaceae, Brassicaceae (Cruciferae), Burseraceae, Cannaceae, Capparaceae, Caprifoliaceae, Caricaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Combretaceae, Commelinaceae, Convolvulaceae, Cornaceae, Cyperaceae, Dioscoreaceae, Ebenaceae, Ericaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Fabaceae, Flagellariaceae, Geraniaceae, Goodeniaceae, Iridaceae, Lamiaceae (Labiatae), Lauraceae, Liliaceae, Lobeliaceae, Loganiaceae, Magnoliaceae, Malpighiaceae, Malvaceae, Marantaceae, Melastomataceae, Meliaceae, Menispermaceae, Moraceae, Moringaceae, Musaceae, Myricaceae, Myrsinaceae, Myrtaceae, Nyctaginaceae, Olacaceae, Oleaceae, Onagraceae, Orchidaceae, Oxalidaceae, Pandanaceae, Papaveraceae, Passifloraceae, Philesiaceae, Piperaceae, Pittosporaceae, Poaceae, Polygonaceae, Polypodiaceae, Pontederiaceae, Portulacaceae, Rhamnaceae, Rosaceae, Rubiaceae, Rutaceae, Salicaceae, Santalaceae, Sapindaceae, Saxifragaceae, Sterculiaceae (Byttneriaceae), Theaceae, Tiliaceae, Ulmaceae, Urticaceae, Verbenaceae, Violaceae, Zingiberaceae Important crops are beans, brinjal, cabbage, cauliflower, cucurbits, okra, tamarind and tomato. It also attacks sponge gourd, bitter gourd, coconut, fig, jasmine, potato and rose but infestation is of lower magnitude. | |
| Nature of Damage: | It is usually found on the undersurface of the leaves. Mite feeding leads to chlorophyll damage resulting in pale yellowish appearance of plant. | |
| Life Cycle: | There are five stages in the life cycle of these mites i.e. egg, larva, protonymph, deutonymph and adult stage. A female lays 61-93 eggs randomly on the web on lower surface of leaves. Incubation period varies from 3-30 days depending upon climatic conditions. The larval period is from 2-20 days for males while 2-27 days for females. The total developmental period for males and females is 10.44 and 10.19 days, respectively. | |