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Brown mite

Bryobia rubrioculus (Scheuten, 1857)

Status not recordedarachnids

The brown mite (Bryobia rubrioculus) is a species in the family Tetranychidae, order Trombidiformes. Source checklists list it for 58 countries, including Afghanistan, Algeria and Argentina.

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Quick facts about the brown mite

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
58 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the brown mite live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The brown mite is listed for 58 countries.

CanadaUnited States of AmericaKazakhstanArgentinaChileRussiaNorwaySouth AfricaMexicoUruguayBrazilColombiaFranceZimbabweSierra LeoneMozambiqueLebanonTunisiaAlgeriaIraqSouth KoreaIndiaNepalPakistanAfghanistanIranPolandAustriaHungaryRomaniaLithuaniaGermanyBulgariaGreeceTurkeyCroatiaSwitzerlandBelgiumNetherlandsPortugalSpainIrelandNew ZealandAustraliaChinaItalyDenmarkGeorgiaFinlandSlovakiaCzechiaJapanYemenMoroccoMacedonia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Afghanistan
  2. Algeria
  3. Argentina
  4. Australia
  5. Austria
  6. Belgium
  7. Brazil
  8. Bulgaria
  9. Canada
  10. Chile
  11. China
  12. Colombia
  13. Croatia
  14. Czechia
  15. Denmark
  16. Finland
  17. France
  18. Georgia
  19. Germany
  20. Gibraltar
  21. Greece
  22. Hungary
  23. India
  24. Iran
  25. Iraq
  26. Ireland
  27. Italy
  28. Japan
  29. Kazakhstan
  30. Lebanon
  31. Lithuania
  32. Mexico
  33. Monaco
  34. Morocco
  35. Mozambique
  36. Nepal
  37. Netherlands
  38. New Zealand
  39. North Macedonia
  40. Norway
Show 18 more countries
  1. Pakistan
  2. Poland
  3. Portugal
  4. Romania
  5. Russia
  6. San Marino
  7. Sierra Leone
  8. Slovakia
  9. South Africa
  10. South Korea
  11. Spain
  12. Switzerland
  13. Tunisia
  14. Türkiye
  15. United States
  16. Uruguay
  17. Yemen
  18. Zimbabwe

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the brown mite as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Australia

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the brown mite endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the brown mite classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderTrombidiformes
  5. familyTetranychidae
  6. genusBryobia
  7. SpeciesBryobia rubrioculus (Scheuten, 1857)

Synonyms Acarus pyri, Bryobia arborea, Bryobia bioculus, Bryobia goriensis, Bryobia pyri, Bryobia redikorzevi, Bryobia rubioculus, Sannio rubrioculus

Other names and names in other languages (8)
  • Fruit tree brown miteEnglish
  • sviluška jabloňováCzech
  • Ácaro caféSpanish
  • Tétranyque brunFrench
  • 작은클로버응애Korean
  • HarlekijnmijtDutch
  • Бурый плодовый клещRussian
  • Meyve Kahverengi AkarıTurkish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the brown mite

Other species in the same genus Bryobia.

Clover mite

Bryobia praetiosa

TetranychidaeNo free photo yet

CompareBrown mite vs Clover miteBrown mite vs Bryobia abyssiniaeBrown mite vs Bryobia aegyptiacusBrown mite vs Bryobia aetnensis

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the brown mite live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the brown mite for 58 countries, including Afghanistan, Algeria, Argentina, Australia and Austria. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the brown mite an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the brown mite as introduced in 1 country: Australia, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the brown mite?

The brown mite (Bryobia rubrioculus) belongs to the family Tetranychidae in the order Trombidiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Brown mite (Bryobia rubrioculus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-mite

MLA

“Brown mite (Bryobia rubrioculus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-mite.

BibTeX
@misc{brown_mite_2026,
  title = {Brown mite (Bryobia rubrioculus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-mite},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}