Phyllocoptes

Phyllocoptes is a genus of acari, including the following species:

  • Phyllocoptes abaenus Keifer, 1940
  • Phyllocoptes coprosmae Lamb, 1952
  • Phyllocoptes eupadi Newkirk 1984[1][2]
  • Phyllocoptes fructiphilus Keifer causes rose rosette disease
  • Phyllocoptes goniothorax (Nalepa) causes galls on Crataegus[3]
  • Phyllocoptes hazelae Manson, 1984
  • Phyllocoptes metrosideri Manson, 1989
  • Phyllocoptes populi (Nalepa)

Phyllocoptes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Trombidiformes
Family: Eriophyidae
Genus: Phyllocoptes
Nalepa, 1887

References
  1. Danish Nature Retrieved 2012-12-9]
  2. European Environment Agency Retrieved : 2012-12-09
  3. Redfern, Margaret; Shirley, Peter; Bloxham, Michael (2011). British Plant Galls (2nd ed.). Preston Montford: FSC Publications. pp. 90–93. ISBN 978 1 85153 284 1.


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