Species Panonychus ulmi - European Red Mite

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Subclass Acari (Mites and Ticks)

Superorder Acariformes

Order Trombidiformes

Suborder Prostigmata (Prostigs)

Infraorder Eleutherengona

No Taxon (Raphignathina)

Superfamily Tetranychoidea

Family Tetranychidae (Spider Mites)

Subfamily Tetranychinae

Genus Panonychus

Species ulmi (European Red Mite)

Other Common Names

Fruit tree red spider mite

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

=Metatetranychus ulmi Koch, Paratetranychus pilosus Zacher

Size

Adult female 0.35 mm. Male 0.30 mm

Food

It attacks many crops and ornamentals, limited to perennial trees and shrubs. Can be a serious pest of fruit trees. Most commonly a problem on apple, pear, plum, prune and cherry,

Life Cycle

Three immature forms (the larva, protonymph and deutonymph). Overwinters as eggs.

Remarks

Native to Europe. Introduced into the Pacific Northwest in the early 1900s, first recorded in Oregon in 1911

Internet References

Contributed by v belov on 25 November, 2009 - 10:13am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Edward Ruden
Last updated 18 December, 2021 - 3:45pm

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