“…Ricoseius loxocheles has no preference for a host plant in particular. This phytoseiidae is known from vegetable materials collected in Brazil, in Florida (USA), Colombia, Costa Rica, Guadalupe, Honduras, Martinique (Flechtmann, 1967;Denmark & Muma, 1973;Flechtmann, 1976;Moraes, Mesa & Braun, 1991;Denmark, Evans, Aguilar, Vargas & Ochoa, 1999;Moraes, Kreiter & Lofego, 1999). It is believed that its eating habits contributed to its wide distribution, since this predator does not need to have a specific host or food to survive.…”