Tetranychidae - Tetranychinae - Tetranychini - Tetranychus
Tetranychus truncatus Ehara, 1956. Ehara (1956b): 507.
Tetranychus truncatus Ehara, 1956. Ehara (1956b): 507.
Type host: Morus alba. Type distribution: Japan. Tetranychus truncatus Ehara, 1956. Valid nomenclatural act Ehara (1956b): 507. Type host: Morus alba. Type distribution: Japan.
Tetranychus (Tetranychus) truncatus Ehara, 1956. New combination Tseng (1990): 209.
Acanthaceae: Ruellia sp. Baker (1975a)
Amaranthaceae: Achyranthes aspera Ehara & Wongsiri (1975) Amaranthus caudatus Baker (1975a) Amaranthus cruentus Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Amaranthus dubius Majeed et al. (2023) Amaranthus hybridus Drabo et al. (2023) Amaranthus sp. Majeed et al. (2023) Amaranthus spinosus Rimando (1962b) Amaranthus tricolor Rimando (1962b) Amaranthus viridis Ma et al. (1979) Beta vulgaris Ehara (1963b) Celosia argentea Baker (1975a) Prakash et al. (2022) Bhaskar et al. (2025b)
Amaryllidaceae: Allium cepa Drabo et al. (2023) Allium sativum
Apocynaceae: Leptadenia lanceolata Drabo et al. (2023)
Araceae: Colocasia esculenta Ho et al. (1997) Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Spathiphyllum cannifolium Baker (1975a)
Arecaceae: Areca catechu Bhaskar et al. (2025b)
Asteraceae: Ambrosia artemisiifolia Arctium lappa Ho et al. (1997) Chrysanthemum indicum Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Chrysanthemum sp. Ho et al. (1997) Crassocephalum crepidioides Majeed et al. (2023) Dahlia pinnata Dahlia sp. Rimando (1962b) Gerbera jamesonii Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Helianthus annuus Baker (1975a) Drabo et al. (2023) Parthenium hysterophorus Majeed et al. (2023) Tagetes erecta Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Tagetes sp. Prakash et al. (2022)
Balsaminaceae: Impatiens balsamina Bhaskar et al. (2025b)
Brassicaceae: Brassica juncea Ho et al. (1997) Brassica oleracea Corpuz-Raros (2001) Brassica rapa Rimando (1962b) Corpuz-Raros (2001)
Campanulaceae: Campanula pallida
Caricaceae: Carica papaya Baker (1975a) Migeon (2015) Bhaskar et al. (2025b)
Connaraceae: Ipomoea eriocarpa Drabo et al. (2023)
Convolvulaceae: Ipomoea aquatica Baker (1975a) Ho et al. (1997) Sun et al. (2018) Ipomoea batatas Baker (1975a) Ho et al. (1997) Ipomoea nil Ipomoea triloba Corpuz-Raros (2001)
Cucurbitaceae: Benincasa hispida Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Citrullus lanatus Ho et al. (1997) Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Cucumis melo Ehara (1963b) Ho et al. (1997) Cucumis sativus Ho et al. (1997) Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Cucumis sp. Baker (1975a) Cucurbita maxima Rimando (1962b) Cucurbita sp. Ho et al. (1997) Luffa acutangula Momordica cochinchinensis Ehara (1969c)
Euphorbiaceae: Codiaeum variegatum Ma et al. (1979) Croton sp. Migeon (2015) Manihot esculenta Baker (1975a) Ehara & Wongsiri (1975) Sakunwarin et al. (2003) Migeon (2015) Ricinus communis Lo (1969) Majeed et al. (2023)
Fabaceae: Arachis hypogaea Ho et al. (1997) Sumathi et al. (2024) Bauhinia variegata Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Cajanus cajan Drabo et al. (2023) Desmodium sp. Fabaceae sp. Hinomoto et al. (2007a) Glycine max Baker (1975a) Ho et al. (1997) Lee et al. (1999) Macroptilium lathyroides Phaseolus lunatus Rimando (1962b) Ho et al. (1997) Phaseolus vulgaris Ho et al. (1997) Corpuz-Raros (2001) Ge et al. (2013) Sun et al. (2018) Zhu et al. (2018) Pisum sativum Rimando (1962b) Psophocarpus tetragonolobus Rimando (1962b) Senna fruticosa Baker (1975a) Vicia faba Ho et al. (1997) Majeed et al. (2023) Vigna radiata Corpuz-Raros (2001) Ge et al. (2013) Vigna unguiculata Ho et al. (1997) Corpuz-Raros (2001) Zhang et al. (2016b) Sun et al. (2018) Bhaskar et al. (2025b)
Iridaceae: Gladiolus sp. Ho et al. (1997) Arimoto et al. (2013)
Lamiaceae: Clerodendrum sp. Gmelina arborea Mentha sp. Sadeghi-Namaghi (2010) Ocimum tenuiflorum Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Perilla sp. Arimoto et al. (2013)
Malvaceae: Abelmoschus esculentus Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Abelmoschus moschatus Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Ceiba pentandra Baker (1975a) Corchorus capsularis Jahan et al. (2021) Corchorus olitorius Drabo et al. (2023) Gossypium hirsutum Li et al. (2018c) Gossypium sp. Wang (1979) Hibiscus mutabilis
Meliaceae: Azadirachta indica Melia sp. Baker (1975a)
Menispermaceae: Tinospora cordifolia Majeed et al. (2023)
Moraceae: Morus alba Ehara (1956b) Lee et al. (1999) Srinivasa et al. (2012) Morus sp. Baker (1975a) Ehara & Wongsiri (1975)
Moringaceae: Moringa oleifera Rimando (1962b)
Musaceae: Musa x paradisiaca Bhaskar et al. (2025b)
Myrtaceae: Psidium guajava
Orchidaceae: Orchidaceae sp. Charanasri et al. (1989)
Orobanchaceae: Rehmannia glutinosa
Pedaliaceae: Sesamum indicum Ho et al. (1997)
Poaceae: Oryza sativa Rimando (1962b) Zea mays Baker (1975a) Ho et al. (1997) Drabo et al. (2023)
Polygonaceae: Persicaria hydropiper
Rhamnaceae: Ziziphus jujuba Ullah & Gotoh (2014) Lu et al. (2024)
Rosaceae: Potentilla sp. Prunus sp. Hinomoto et al. (2007a) Lu et al. (2024) Pyrus pyrifolia Rosa chinensis Majeed et al. (2023) Rosa hybrida Baker (1975a) Rosa sp. Prakash et al. (2022) Bhaskar et al. (2025b)
Rutaceae: Murraya koenigii Bhaskar et al. (2025b)
Solanaceae: Capsicum annuum Ho et al. (1997) Datura metel Rimando (1962b) Lycium chinense Lo (1969) Physalis angulata Solanum lycopersicum Ho et al. (1997) Sun et al. (2018) Majeed et al. (2023) Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Solanum melissarum Zhang et al. (2016b) Solanum melongena Rimando (1962b) Ehara (1963b) Ho et al. (1997) Sun et al. (2018) Majeed et al. (2023) Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Solanum nigrum Matsuda et al. (2013) Matsuda et al. (2014) Gotoh et al. (2015) Solanum rudepannum Baker (1975a) Solanum sp. Ma & Wu (1984)
Strelitziaceae: Strelitzia reginae Ho et al. (1997)
Urticaceae: Boehmeria nivea Ho et al. (1997) Gotoh et al. (2007e) Hinomoto et al. (2007a) Matsuda et al. (2013)
Viburnaceae: Sambucus javanica Sambucus sp. Rimando (1962b)
Vitaceae: Vitis vinifera Ho et al. (1997)
Afrotropical: Burkina Faso Drabo et al. (2023)
Australasian: Guam Bolland et al. (1998) Northern Mariana Is. Gutierrez (1980) Migeon (2015)
Oriental: Bangladesh Ullah & Gotoh (2013) Ullah & Gotoh (2014) Ullah et al. (2014) Islam et al. (2017) Jahan et al. (2021) China Ma et al. (1979) Wang (1979) Ma & Wu (1984) Wang et al. (1985) Arimoto et al. (2013) Zhang et al. (2013) Sun et al. (2018) Chen et al. (2023) India Srinivasa et al. (2012) Prakash et al. (2022) Majeed et al. (2023) Sumathi et al. (2024) Bhaskar et al. (2025b) Indonesia Masaki (1991) Migeon (2015) Philippines Rimando (1962b) Corpuz-Raros (2001) Corpuz-Raros & Navasero (2008) Taiwan Lo (1969) Ho et al. (1997) Arimoto et al. (2013) Thailand Baker (1975a) Ehara & Wongsiri (1975) Sakunwarin et al. (2003) Vietnam Hinomoto et al. (2007a)
Palearctic: China Wang (1979) Wang (1981a) Ge et al. (2013) Zhang et al. (2013) Zhang et al. (2016b) Li et al. (2018c) Sun et al. (2018) Zhu et al. (2018) Lu et al. (2024) Iran Sadeghi-Namaghi (2010) Beyzavi et al. (2013) Japan Ehara (1956b) Gotoh et al. (2007e) Hinomoto et al. (2007a) Matsuda et al. (2013) Matsuda et al. (2014) Gotoh et al. (2015) Korea (Rep. South) Lee et al. (1987) Lee et al. (1999)
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