Phyllocoptes

Phyllocoptes
Eriophyes padi (Nalepa) upper epidermis.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Family:	Eriophyidae
Genus:	Phyllocoptes Nalepa, 1887

Electromicrograph of Phyllocoptes fructiphilus

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

• Phyllocoptes abaenus Keifer, 1940
• Phyllocoptes adalius Keifer, 1939
• Phyllocoptes alniborealis Liro, 1950
• Phyllocoptes alniincanae Roivainen, 1947
• Phyllocoptes amaranthi Corti, 1917
• Phyllocoptes amygdali Bagdasarian, 1972
• Phyllocoptes atragenes Liro, 1941
• Phyllocoptes azaleae Nalepa, 1904
• Phyllocoptes coprosmae Lamb, 1952
• Phyllocoptes eupadi Newkirk 1984[1][2]
• Phyllocoptes fructiphilus Keifer causes rose rosette disease
• Phyllocoptes goniothorax (Nalepa) causes galls on Crataegus species[3]
• Phyllocoptes hazelae Manson, 1984
• Phyllocoptes malinus (Nalepa, 1892) causes galls on Malus species
• Phyllocoptes metrosideri Manson, 1989
• Phyllocoptes populi (Nalepa)

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.