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Lime Felt Gall Mite

Eriophyes leiosoma

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 28, February 20, March 32, April 50, May 72, June 79, July 84, August 72, September 53, October 40, November 22, December 17.
United States714
Alaska569
United Kingdom123
England105
Canada51
Ontario46
Germany42
Russia42
New York37
Austria27

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassArachnids · Arachnida
OrderSarcoptiformes
FamilyGall and Rust Mites · Eriophyidae
GenusEriophyes

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