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Mites and insects are commonly encountered pests in urban landscapes and can cause serious damage to their plant hosts (Hernández-Juárez et al. 2018, Southwest. Entomol. 43:1047–1050; Monjarás-Barrera et al. 2017, Southwest. Entomol. 42: 1103–1106). The family Tetranychidae is one of the five most agriculturally important families of phytophagous mites (Aguilar and Murillo 2012, Agron. Costarricense 36: 11–28; Soler-Salcedo and Ferragut 2006, Bol. San. Veg. Plagas 32: 523–534). Oligonychus punicae Hirst (Acari: Tetranychidae) has been reported on 34 plant hosts and is distributed in 22 countries including Mexico. In Mexico, O. punicae has been reported on different plant species (Migeon and Dorkeld 2019, http://www.montpellier.inra.fr/CBGP/spmweb, accessed 20 April 2019), and its feeding causes a tan coloration in leaves that reduces photosynthetic activity and, in high population densities, can cause severe defoliation (Vásquez et al. 2008, Exp. Appl. Acarol. 45: 59–69). Trichilia havanensis Jacq. (Meliaceae) is widely distributed in Mexico and has insecticidal effects (Garcı́a-Gómez et al. 2018, Fla. Entomol. 101: 470–479). It is used as an ornamental tree, but its wood is used for construction and in religious ceremonies and artisan figures. Extracts also provide edible oils and human and veterinary medicines (Rzedowski and Guevara-Féfer 1993, Instituto de Ecologı́a A.C., 22 pp.). Trichilia havanensis has been reported as host of different species of mites in Costa Rica (Tenuipalpus rhysus Barker & Pritchard [Mairena and Ochoa 1989, Manejo Integrado Plagas 11:75–80] and Oligonychus yothersi McGregor [Aguilar and Murillo 2008, Agron. Costarricense 32: 7–28]) and in South and North