Quick reference
- Pest class
- mite
- Host breadth
- broad
- Seasonal pattern
- Hot dry weather (April-June and dry winters); not a problem in wet conditions
- Treatment hint
- Miticide (specific class — pyridaben, abamectin, or bifenazate); horticultural oil; increase irrigation to break dry-stress cycle.
- Source
- uf_ifas_v1
ID features
Tiny mites under leaves; fine webbing in heavy infestations; stippled bronze/yellow leaf surfaces.
Damage pattern
Yellow/bronze stippling on leaf upper surface; fine webbing on undersides; leaf drop in severe cases.
Hosts
No hosts wired up yet.