Noronha A.C.S., Ferla N.J., Castro I.S., Oliveira M.B.d., Oliveira I.F.d., 2025.
First record of Tetranychus musae Auger, Migeon & Flechtmann, 2008 (Prostigmata: Tetranychidae) on Musa sp. (Musaceae) from Pará State, Brazil. Entomological Communications, 7: ec07023.

Abstract
This study reports the occurrence of the spider mite Tetranychus musae Auger, Migeon & Flechtmann, 2008 (Acari: Tetranychidae) on banana (Musa sp.: Musaceae) in Brazil. Specimens were collected from banana leaves grown in an intercropping system with cacao (Theobroma cacao L. - Malvaceae) at an experimental site in the municipality of Moju, Pará State. This represents the first confirmed record of T. musae in Brazil;

  • https://doi.org/10.37486/2675-1305.ec07023

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    Host plant data (1 result)

  • Tetranychus musae Auger,Migeon & Flechtmann, 2008 [Musaceae: Musa sp.].

    • Distribution data (1 result)

  • Tetranychus musae Auger,Migeon & Flechtmann, 2008 [Neotropical: Brazil].

    • Other biological features