| Country or region name |
Taiwan, R.O.C. |
| Organism group |
insect |
| Order name |
Acari |
| Family name |
Tetranychidae |
| Species name |
Amphitetranychus viennensis |
| English common name |
hawthorn spider mite, fruit tree spider mite |
| Substantially same species (synonym) |
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| Year of invasion or detection |
1978 |
| Native region |
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| Situation of establishment |
Category 4: Settled after 1951, but not distributed all over the
country |
| Taxonomic description |
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| Expansion of distribution area |
| This pest was first discovered on apple, pear, and peach at Lishan
(cool climate region) in 1978. |
| Environmental impact |
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| Economic damage |
| Host plants found in Taiwan: Malus pumila, Pyrus pyrifoli, Prunus mume, P. persica, P. campanulata. |
| Reproduction |
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| Growth |
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| Countermeasure |
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| Writer's name and affiliation |
| Mitsuo Horita, NIAES |
