Tetranychus ludeni Zacher, 1913

Naves, Pedro, Nóbrega, Filomena & Auger, Philippe, 2021, Updated and annotated review of Tetranychidae occurring in mainland Portugal, the Azores, and Madeira Archipelagos, Acarologia 61 (2), pp. 380-393 : 389

Tetranychus ludeni Zacher, 1913

The red mite, T. ludeni , is widespread in the centre and south of mainland Portugal ( Carmona 1960 ; Carmona and Dias 1980). It is also common on the Azores archipelago, namely on FAI,

PIC and SMG ( Costa-Comelles et al. 1993 ; Borges et al. 2010), and on Madeira Island, where it attacks local banana plantations causing damage to the fruits ( Carmona 1992 ; Carmona and Dias 1996). This polyphagous mite can be found on several important agricultural crops,

but particularly on bean, P. vulgaris ( Carmona and Dias 1980 ; Ferreira and Carmona 1994). Specimens of T. ludeni are very frequent in the INIAV acarological collection, with new plant hosts presented in Table 1.