Novitates Caribaea (Jul 2021)

First record of Phyllocoptruta musae (Acari: Prostigmata: Eriophyidae) in the Neotropics, in Hispaniola

  • Cristina A. Gómez-Moya,
  • James W. Amrine Jr.,
  • Carlos H.W. Flechtmann,
  • Dionicio Campos,
  • Denise Navia,
  • Pablo Suárez

DOI
https://doi.org/10.33800/nc.vi18.271
Journal volume & issue
no. 18
pp. 209 – 213

Abstract

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The banana rust mite, Phyllocoptruta musae Keifer, is reported for the first time from the Neotropics, in the Dominican Republic. The current known distribution of this pest is provided. Comparisons are made to other Neotropical species of Phyllocoptruta genus, and descriptions with photos are provided of the injury to plants.

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