N.C. Spider Mites and False Spider Mites 



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Table 1. Spider mites and false spider mites recorded from or expected to occur 

 in North Carolina. 





Collection 



Recorded 



Species 



record 



hosts 



Tetranychidae 



Aponychus spinosus (Banks) ' 



GA 



American elm, linden 



Beerella petiolaris Thewke 2 



MO 



Helianthus petiolaris 



Bryobia praetiosa Koch* 



NC 



apple leaves and bark*, 

 grass*, Japanese holly*, 

 horse* [accidental], 

 indoors*, leaf litter*, 

 orchid*, cedar stump*, 

 vetch*, others 3 



B. rubrioculus (Scheuten)* 



NC 



apple leaves and bark*, 

 grass*, others 3 



Eotetranychus carpini borealis 



MO 



apple 2 , sugar maple 2 , others 4 



Pritchard and Baker 2 







E. carpini carpini (Oudemans) 3 



NY 



apple, oak, others 



E. caryae Reeves 3 



NY 



hickory, pecan, others 



E. clitus Pritchard and Baker* 



NC 



azalea*, blackberry*, others 4 



E. coryli (Reck) 4 



DC 



red maple 



E. crossleyi Flechtmann and Hunter ' 



GA 



chalk maple 



E. deflexus (McGregor) 5 



SC 



azalea, coralberry 



E.frosti (McGregor) 3 



OH 



blackberry, rose, others 



E. hicoriae (McGregor) 4 



NC 



hickory, pecan, others 



E. lewisi (McGregor) 3 



MI 



citrus, clover, others 



E. matthyssei Reeves 3 



NY 



black locust, elm, others 



E. pallidus (Gar man) 3 



NY 



alder, beech 



E. populi (Koch) 4 



NC 



poplar, weeping willow, others 



E. pruni (Oudemans) 6 



DC 



red maple, sugar maple, others 



E. querci Reeves 6 



NY 



oaks, white birch 



E. sexmaculatus (Riley) 3 



FL 



azalea, pyracantha, others 



E. smithi Pritchard and Baker 3 



TN 



cotton, rose, others 



E. tiliarium (Hermann) 3 



Atlantic 

 coast 



linden, sycamore, others 



E. ulmicola (Reck) 2 



MO 



American elm, elm 



E. uncatus Garman* 



NC 



apple*, pear*, rose*, others 3 



E. sp. probably E. uncatus Garman* 



NC 



willow oak* 



Eurytetranychus admes 



MO 



incense cedar 2 , juniper 2 , 



Pritchard and Baker 2 





others 4 



E. buxi (Garman)* 



NC 



boxwood* 



Eutetranychus banksi (McGregor) 4 



FL 



castor bean, citrus, others 



Monoceronychus linki 



FL 



saw grass, others 



Pritchard and Baker 4 







M. mcgregori Pritchard and Baker 4 



FL 



St. Augustine grass 



M. scolus Pritchard and Baker 4 



NC 



Bermuda grass, grass 



