An eriophyid mite Nothopoda rapaneae Keifer

Tagged as: Acarina, Eriophyidae

(Acarina: Eriophyidae)

Issue No. 235
H. A. Denmark
February, 1982

An eriophyid mite Nothopoda rapaneae Keifer

Introduction

Keifer (1951) described this mite from Rapanea quianensis Aubl. at Coconut Grove, Florida. The mite causes unsightly patches of erinea on the underside of the leaf (fig. 1). All measurements are in microns.

Circulars